Homework Help: physics

Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 11:54pm.

A small 5.00kg brick is released from rest 2.00m above a horizontal seesaw on a fulcrum at its center, as shown in the figure below . (radius of horizontal seesaw is 1.6m)

a.)Find the angular momentum of this brick about a horizontal axis through the fulcrum and perpendicular to the plane of the figure the instant the brick is released.

b.)Find the angular momentum of this brick about a horizontal axis through the fulcrum and perpendicular to the plane of the figure the instant before it strikes the seesaw.

physics - anoymous student, Wednesday, July 27, 2011 at 2:32am
the answer to part a) is zero. I don't know why right now though. and the answer to part b) would be 45.1 if it was a 4.50kg brick. I also don't remember how I got that answer.
physics - anon, Monday, March 11, 2013 at 4:40pm
For part B:

angular momentum =
m*r*sqrt(2gh), where r=1.6 and h=2

5*1.6*sqrt(2*9.8*2)

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