Mathematical Relationships

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the problem: Is there a mathematical relationship between either applied force and velocity, applied force and acceleration, both, or neither? Explain.

Pulling a Cart

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: Suppose that you have a cart with very little friction, and you pull this cart with a constant force. A) After the cart is moving, is the force that is applied to the cart by the string constant, i ...continues

A Cart on a Track

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the problem: A cart on a track is attached to a mass via a string hung over a pulley. If the hanging mass is kept constant, does the acceleration of the cart increase, decrease, or remain the same as the mass of the cart ...continues

A Swinging Pendulum

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: Sketch the graphs for a ball tossed upward toward a motion detector (mounted from your lab table) as it moves up, reaches its highest point, and falls back down. There should be three graphs in all: o ...continues

Projectile Motion

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: In a projectile motion experiment, if you wanted to plot the range R versus a quantity that depends on angle (that is, you are going to vary the angle) and that would result in a straight line, what w ...continues

String Attached to a Block on a Horizontal Surface

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: Consider a string attached to a block on a horizontal surface. If you gradually pull very gently and horizontally on the string and increase the force very slowly until the block moves at a constant v ...continues

Head-On Collisions

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: In a head-on collision where the carts stick together after the collision, A) What combinations of velocities will cause two carts of the same mass to be at rest after the collision? Explain. B) ...continues

A Cart on an Inclined Plane

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: A cart is on an inclined plane. If it is given a push up the ramp and released. It moves up, reverses direction, and comes back down again. How will the kinetic energy change? How will the gravitation ...continues

A Cart Pulled Up an Incline

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: Consider a cart being pulled up at incline at a constant velocity. A) Will the work done be different for the following two positions of the force probe: parallel to the surface of the incline and ...continues

A Cart Connected to a Spring and a Force Probe

Please do not place your response in a .pdf or .cdx format, but Word documents are okay. Thanks! Here's the actual problem: A cart is connected to a spring and force probe. We move the cart to the left and release it. A) Sketch the force vs. time plot. B) How does the work done on the cart by the spring compare to it ...continues