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An outlaw cuts loose a wagon with two boxes of gold, of a total mass 300 kg, when the wagon is at rest 50 m up a 6.00 slope. The outlaw plans to have the wagon roll down the slope and across the level ground, and then fall into a canyon where his accomplices wait. But in a tree, 40 m from the canyon鈥檚 cliff wait for the Lone Ranger (mass 75.0-kg) and Tonto (mass 60.0-kg). They drop vertically into the wagon as it passes beneath them. (Fig. P8.99). (a) If they require 5.0 s to grab the gold and jump out, will they make it before the wagon goes over the cliff? (b) When the two heroes drop into the wagon, is the kinetic energy of the system of heroes plus wagon conserved? If not, does it increase or decrease, and by how much?

Short Answer

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(a) They will manage to jump.

(a) The total kinetic energy decreases

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01

Identification of the given data

The given data is listed below as-

  • The mass of wagon with gold is, M =300 kg
  • The Lone ranger mass is, mR=75kg
  • The mass of tonto is, mT=60kg
  • The length of the slope is,l =50.0 m
  • Inclination of the slope is =6
  • Distance from a cliff is, d=40m
02

Significance of the significance of kinetic energy of a particle

The kinetic energy of a particle equals the amount of work required to accelerate the particle from rest to speed V. Therefore, kinetic energy on the particle is given by-

K=12mV2

The kinetic energy is a scalar and it is always positive or zero.

03

Determine whether the heroes will manage to jump before the wagon goes over the cliff(a)

The law of conservation of mechanical energy is used Since there is no friction,.

From fig,8.99 we have,

Mglsin=11Mv21

v1=2glsin鈥︹赌︹赌︹赌.(1)

The total horizontal momentum is conserved since there are no horizontal forces on the wagon.

Their initial horizontal momentum is zero since Ranger and Tonto were vertically falling on wagon.

Let v2be the speed of the wagon after they landed on it.

Therefore,

Mv1=(M+mR+mT)v2

v2=MM+mR+mTv1鈥︹赌︹赌︹赌(2)

The time after which the wagon will drop of the cliff after it passed the tree is calculated as below:

t=dt2

t=dglsinM+mR+mTM

t=4029.850sin6300+75+60300=5.73s

Now, t >5 s

Therefore, our heroes will manage to save the gold in time.

04

Determination whether the kinetic energy of system of heroes plus wagon decreases or increases.(b)

The total kinetic energy before the landing was,

Kbefore=Kh+12Mv21

The kinetic energy after the landing was,

Kafter=12M+mR+mTv22=12MM+mR+mTMv21<12Mv21

Therefore, KafterKbefore

Thus, the total kinetic energy decreases when the two heroes drop into the wagon.

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