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physic
please help me im stuck. A 400 g air-track glider attached to a spring with spring constant 9.00 N/m is sitting at rest on a frictionless air track. A 600 g glider is pushed toward it from the far end of the track at a speed of 94.0 cm/s. It collides with and sticks to the 400...
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 1:18pm by jordan

College Physics
A 220 air-track glider is attached to a spring. The glider is pushed in 12.0 against the spring, then released. A student with a stopwatch finds that 13 oscillations take 11.5s. What is the spring constant?
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 11:41pm by Victoria

Physics
A 210 g air-track glider is attached to a spring. The glider is pushed in 12.0 cm against the spring, then released. A student with a stopwatch finds that 13 oscillations take 16.0 s. Find the spring constant k.
Friday, January 21, 2011 at 6:15pm by Erin

college physics
A 190 g air-track glider is attached to a spring. The glider is pushed in 9.8 cm and released. A student with a stopwatch finds that 14 oscillations take 18.5 sec. What is the spring constant?
Friday, October 30, 2009 at 6:26pm by Dan

physic
An air-track glider attached to a spring oscillates between the 3.00 cm mark and the 50.0 cm mark on the track. The glider completes 10.0 oscillations in 36.0 s. What is the period of the oscillations? What is the frequency of the oscillations? What is the angular frequency of...
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 12:55pm by peggy

Physics
On a frictionless, horizontal air track, a glider oscillates at the end of an ideal spring of force constant 2.30 N/cm. The graph in the figure shows the acceleration of the glider as a function of time. Find the mass of the glider. Find the maximum displacement of the glider ...
Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 3:49pm by Joe

physic
please help, i have done the part a and b but i dont know how to do part c. An air-track glider attached to a spring oscillates between the 3.00 cm mark and the 50.0 cm mark on the track. The glider completes 10.0 oscillations in 36.0 s. What is the period of the oscillations...
Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 2:56pm by laura

Physics
An air track glider, 8.0 cm long, blocks light as it goes through a photocell gate. The glider is released from rest on a frictionless inclined track and the gate is positioned so that the glider has travelled 96 cm when it is in the middle of the gate. The timer gives a ...
Saturday, September 24, 2011 at 4:26am by John

Physics
An air track glider, 8.0 cm long, blocks light as it goes through a photocell gate. The glider is released from rest on a frictionless inclined track and the gate is positioned so that the glider has traveled 96 cm when it is in the middle of the gate. The timer gives a ...
Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 4:13am by John

physics spring
A glider on an air track is connected by springs to either end of the track. Both springs have the same spring constant,k , and the glider has mass M. A)Determine the frequency of the oscillation, assuming no damping, if k= 125N/m and M= 250g. (I got the answer to be 5.03 hz) ...
Thursday, May 21, 2009 at 9:24pm by annie

physics
On an air track, a 403.0 glider moving to the right at 2.30 collides elastically with a 501.0 glider moving in the opposite direction at 3.00 .Find the velocity of first glider after the collision
Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 5:52pm by Lindsay

Physics
The air tracks tend to move slightly when a glider rebounds from the lower bumper of the air track. How might this movement affect the results obtained in this experiment? Answer No effect on the results of that run. The glider may accelerate less on the next run because it ...
Monday, September 10, 2012 at 6:22am by beanstalk1

math
On an air track, a 403.0 glider moving to the right at 1.70 collides elastically with a 500.5 glider moving in the opposite direction at 3.00 . 1. Find the velocity of first glider after the collision. 2. Find the velocity of second glider after the collision.
Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 2:19pm by Wesley

Physics
On an air track, a 403.0 glider moving to the right at 1.70 collides elastically with a 500.5 glider moving in the opposite direction at 3.00 . 1. Find the velocity of first glider after the collision. 2. Find the velocity of second glider after the collision.
Sunday, April 14, 2013 at 10:22am by Wesley

physics
on a air track, a 400g glider moving to the right at 2.00m/s collides elastically with a 500g glider moving in the opposite direction at 3.00 m/s. Find the velocity of the first glider after the collision Find the velocity of the second glider after the collision
Friday, March 19, 2010 at 5:28pm by Alana

Physics
A glider of length 12.3 cm moves on an air track with constant acceleration. A time interval of 0.637 s elapses between the moment when its front end passes a fixed point A along the track and the moment when its back end passes this point. Next, a time interval of 1.27 s ...
Thursday, February 3, 2011 at 10:25am by MIchael

physics
A glider on an air track is connected by springs to either end of the track. Both springs have the same spring constant,k , and the glider has mass M. A)Determine the frequency of the oscillation, assuming no damping, if k= 125N/m and M= 250g. (I got the answer to be 5.03 hz) ...
Monday, May 25, 2009 at 11:14pm by kelsi

physics
A cart of mass 223 g is placed on a frictionless horizontal air track. A spring having a spring constant of 10.20 N/ m is attached between the cart and the left end of the track. When in equilibrium, the cart is located 11.0 cm from the left end of the track. If the cart is ...
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 4:15pm by Anonymous

physics
Work equal to F*X = 0.061 Joules will have been performed on the glider. You need to knmow the glider's mass, and what the spring is doing, to calculate the glider's velocity.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012 at 8:54am by drwls

physics
suppose the glider is initially at rest at x=0, with the spring unstretched. You then apply a constant force in the +x direction with magnitude 0.610 N to the glider. what is the glider's velocity when it has moved 0.100m?
Thursday, August 23, 2012 at 9:50am by zianna

Physics
A 2.5 m rod of mass M= 4. kg is attached to a pivot .8m from the left end so that it can rotate vertically. At the left end of the rod is a small object with mass m=1.5kg. A spring with a spring constant k=90N/m is attached to the right end of the rod. The other end of the ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 at 4:11pm by Brandon w

Physics
Two identical gliders on an air track are held together by a piece of string, compressing a spring between the gliders. While they are moving to the right at a common speed of 0.52 m/s, someone holds a match under the string and burns it, letting the spring force the gliders ...
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 at 9:34pm by Dante

physics
A 0.400 glider is moving to the right on a frictionless, horizontal air track with a speed of 0.800 when it makes a head-on collision with a stationary 0.150 glider.Find the magnitude of the final velocity of first glider if the collision is elastic. Find the direction of the ...
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 4:07pm by lorena

PHYSICS*****
A block of mass m = 300 g is released from rest and slides down a frictionless track of height h = 59.4 cm. At the bottom of the track the block slides freely along a horizontal table until it hits a spring attached to a heavy, immovable wall. The spring compressed by 2.21 cm ...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 9:10pm by Steve

Physics
A 2.50 mass is pushed against a horizontal spring of force constant 26.0 on a frictionless air table. The spring is attached to the tabletop, and the mass is not attached to the spring in any way. When the spring has been compressed enough to store 15.0 of potential energy in ...
Friday, October 21, 2011 at 10:46pm by Lauren

Physics
So in an experiment with an inclined air track (with air blower - like ramp of air hockey) and glider, why does the velocity decrease with time? I know that acceleration remains constant because og gravity, but why does velocity decrease? shouldn't it increase? What would ...
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 2:04am by Nikita

AP Physics
A glider on an air track carries a flag of length through a stationary photogate that measures the time interval td during which the flag blocks a beam of infrared light passing across the gate. The ratio vd = / td is the average velocity of the glider over this part of its ...
Monday, August 10, 2009 at 7:30pm by nicky

Physics
Need help on part B! A 2.50 mass is pushed against a horizontal spring of force constant 26.0 on a frictionless air table. The spring is attached to the tabletop, and the mass is not attached to the spring in any way. When the spring has been compressed enough to store 15.0 of...
Sunday, October 23, 2011 at 5:36pm by Cameron

AP physics
A glider on an air track carries a flag of length through a stationary photogate that measures the time interval [box]td during which the flag blocks a beam of infrared light passing across the gate. The ratio vd = l(italicized)/[box]td is the average velocity of the glider ...
Sunday, August 9, 2009 at 1:06pm by annemarie

physics
A mass M = 0.464 kg moves with an initial speed v = 2.98 m/s on a level frictionless air track. The mass is initially a distance D = 0.250 m away from a spring with k = 844 N/m, which is mounted rigidly at one end of the air track. The mass compresses the spring a maximum ...
Saturday, March 24, 2012 at 9:35pm by bob please help

Physics
Some gliders are launched from the ground by means of a winch, which rapidly reels in a towing cable attached to the glider. What average power must the winch supply in order to accelerate a 163-kg ultralight glider from rest to 27.9 m/s over a horizontal distance of 46.8 m? ...
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 11:52am by Kristi

physics
a 0.1 kg mass is suspended at rest from a spring near the Earth's surface, the distance that the spring is stretched is measured to be 1.0 cm. What is the spring constant of the spring (remember the MKS units)? A mass of 2 kg is attached to a spring with constant 18 N/m. ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 1:02am by derek

physics
If a 0.1 kg mass is suspended at rest from a spring near the Earth's surface, the distance that the spring is stretched is measured to be 1.0 cm. What is the spring constant of the spring (remember the MKS units)? A mass of 2 kg is attached to a spring with constant 18 N/...
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 5:34pm by devin

PHYSICS
a 0.1 kg mass is suspended at rest from a spring near the Earth's surface, the distance that the spring is stretched is measured to be 1.0 cm. What is the spring constant of the spring (remember the MKS units)? A mass of 2 kg is attached to a spring with constant 18 N/m. ...
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 at 9:31am by PHYSICIS HELP ASAP

physics
A mass M = 5 kg moves with an initial speed v = 3 on a level frictionless air track. The mass is initially a distance D = 0.250 m away from a spring with k = 844 N/m, which is mounted rigidly at one end of the air track. The mass compresses the spring a maximum distance d, ...
Friday, March 23, 2012 at 9:21am by sara

physics
A 11.4 m long glider with a mass of 670.0 kg (including the passengers) is gliding horizontally through the air at 29.9 m/s when a 60.1 kg skydiver drops out by releasing his grip on the glider. What is the glider's velocity just after the skydiver lets go?
Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 1:19pm by Anonymous

phisics
An object is attached to the lower end of a 100-coil spring that is hanging from the ceiling. The spring stretches by 0.210 m. The spring is then cut into two identical springs of 50 coils each. As the drawing shows, each spring is attached between the ceiling and the object...
Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 7:47pm by jim

physics
Qualitatively explain how you would expect the potential energy to change as a glider slides down an inclined air track, where friction is negligible.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 12:53am by Kristina

physics
Qualitatively explain how you would expect the kinetic energy to change as a glider slides down an inclined air track, where friction is negligible.
Thursday, April 5, 2012 at 12:52am by Kristina

physics
A 350-g air track cart on a horizontal air track is attached to a string that goes over a pulley with a moment of inertia of 6.00 × 10-6 kg·m2 and a radius of 1.35 cm. The string is pulled vertically downward by a force of 2.50 N. What is the acceleration of the ...
Thursday, April 11, 2013 at 11:11am by Anonymous

Physics
3. A 0.200 kg air-track glider moving at 1.20 m/s bumps into a 0.600 kg glider at rest. a.) Find the total kinetic energy after collision if the collision is elastic. .144J I got that one. b.) Find the total kinetic energy after collision if the collision is completely ...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at 11:32pm by Pat

College Algebra
Hooke's Law states that the distance a spring stretches is directly proportional to the weight attached to the spring. If a 30-pound weight attached to the spring stretches the spring 8 inches, find how much weight is needed to stretch the spring 12 inches.
Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at 2:09pm by BFG

physics
A 0.70 kg block along a horizontal track has a speed of 1.10 m/s immediately before colliding with a light spring of force constant 3.50 N/m located at the end of the track. (a) What is the spring’s maximum compression if the track is frictionless?
Thursday, October 11, 2012 at 1:06pm by Anonymous

physics
A 0.230-kg block along a horizontal track has a speed of 1.70 m/s immediately before colliding with a light spring of force constant 48.0 N/m located at the end of the track. What is the spring's maximum compression if the track is frictionless?
Wednesday, July 4, 2012 at 12:26pm by krys

physics
2. When a 625g mass is attached to a vertical spring, the spring stretches by 16cm. How much mass must be attached to the spring to result in a .78s period of oscillation?
Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 12:22pm by Quita

Physics
"Two springs are hooked together and one end is attached to a ceiling. Spring A has a spring constant of 25N/m, and spring B has a spring constant of 60N/m. A mass weighing 40.0N is attached to the free end of the spring system to pull it downward from the ceiling. What ...
Monday, July 19, 2010 at 5:03pm by Stuck

physics
When a 0.30-kg mass is attached to a vertical spring, the spring stretches by 15 cm. How much mass (total) must be attached to the spring to result in a 0.86-s period of oscillation?
Thursday, November 18, 2010 at 10:11pm by aok

Physics
A 0.55-kg air cart is attached to a spring and allowed to oscillate. If the displacement of the air cart from equilibrium is x=(10.0 cm)cos[(2.00 s ^-1)t + pi], find the maximum kinetic energy of the cart. Find the maximum force exerted on it by the spring.
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 8:33pm by Cooper

physics
What is the glider's mass? Where is the spring? What is the spring constant?
Sunday, August 19, 2012 at 2:08am by drwls

physics
I did a lab experiment where we verify Newtons second law experimentally. A glider moves along a frictionless air track and is attached to a hanging mass. We vary the hanging masses and calculate the force since we have the mass and acceleration. We have some questions to ...
Monday, October 11, 2010 at 4:34pm by physics lab help

Physics
The mass of glider X is 0.2kg and its velocity is 1.5m/s to the right. The mass of glider Y is 0.3kg and it is stationary. When glider X collides with glider Y they move off together. Calculate the velocity of the gliders after the collision and give their direction.
Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8:49am by PAO

Physics
A 2.1 kg mass is connected to a spring with spring constant k= 180 N/m and unstretched length 16 cm. The pair are mounted on a frictionless air table, with the free end of the spring attached to a frictionless pivot. The mass is set into circular motion at 1.3 m/s. Find the ...
Thursday, February 21, 2013 at 11:49pm by Courtney

physics
a block is held 1.3m above a spring and is dropped.The spring compresses 6cm before sending the ball into the air. How fast is the ball going when it hits the spring? What is the spring constant? How high in the air does the ball go after hitting the spring?
Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 10:20pm by jeff

Physics
An ideal spring with a stiffness of 329 N/m is attached to a wall, and its other end is attached to a block that has a mass of 15.0 kg. The spring/block system is then stretched away from the spring's relaxed position until 57.0 J of mechanical energy is stored in the ...
Friday, December 4, 2009 at 3:37pm by John

physics please help
suppose a cart of mass m = 969 g is initial moving at speed v0 = 5.17 m/s. It strikes a spring attached to a fixed wall, comes to a stop, and bounces back at speed vf = 4.48 m/s. Assume the track is frictionless. a) Find the magnitude of the impulse exerted by the spring on ...
Monday, November 1, 2010 at 10:22pm by john

physics
A new type of spring is found where the spring force F is given by F=-kx + bx^2 where k=400 N/ m and b=100 N/m^2 and x is the expansion (or compression) of the spring from its equilibrium position. The spring is attached to a point mass of 1 kg sitting on a horizontal ...
Monday, April 4, 2011 at 3:48pm by Physics

physics
A block with a mass of 0.5kg is pushed against a horizontal spring of negligible mass and spring constant 450 N/m until the spring is compressed a distance x. When it is released, the block travels along a frictionless, horizontal surface to the bottom of a verticle circular ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 2:13am by natasha

physics
A block of mass 0.570 kg is pushed against a horizontal spring of negligible mass until the spring is compressed a distance x. The force constant of the spring is 450 N/m. When it is released, the block travels along a frictionless, horizontal surface to point B, the bottom of...
Monday, March 2, 2009 at 12:10pm by Jessi

physics
A 500g block is released from rest and slides down a frictionless track that begins 2m above the horizontal. At the bottom of the track, where the surface is horizontal, the block strikes and sticks to a light spring with a spring constant of 20.0N/m. Find the maximum distance...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 5:08pm by AJ

Physics
A 1440-kg crate of cabbages is laid on a level, frictionless track at the end of a heavy spring. The spring is compressed a distance of 0.100 m by a force of 83500 N. When the spring is released, it propels the crate. the spring constant of the spring equals 835000 N/m. What ...
Monday, April 11, 2011 at 11:07pm by Kristen

physics
The altitude of a hang glider is increasing at a rate of 7.35 m/s. At the same time, the shadow of the glider moves along the ground at a speed of 14.5 m/s when the sun is directly overhead. Find the magnitude of the glider's velocity.
Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 10:14pm by Anonymous

physics
A 390.0 g block is dropped onto a vertical spring with a spring constant k = 252.0 N/m. The block becomes attached to the spring, and the spring compresses 0.15 m before momentarily stopping. While the spring is being compressed, what work is done by the block's weight? ...
Wednesday, March 28, 2012 at 12:44pm by Katie

Physics
A 500 g block is released from rest and slides down a frictionless track that begins h = 1.70 m above the horizontal, as shown in Figure P13.56. At the bottom of the track, where the surface is horizontal, the block strikes and sticks to a light spring with a spring constant ...
Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 3:36pm by Anonymous

Physics
A small ball is attached to one end of a spring that has an unstrained length of 0.202 m. The spring is held by the other end, and the ball is whirled around in a horizontal circle at a speed of 3.18 m/s. The spring remains nearly parallel to the ground during the motion and ...
Friday, November 30, 2012 at 8:04pm by Elizabeth

physics
A 400g glider moving to the right at 2 m/s collides elastically with a 500g glider moving in the opposite direction at 3 m/s. find the velocity of each glider? please show work so i can understand it! thanks
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 9:46pm by mary ann

Physics
A massless spring of constant k = 91.0 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.50 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance of d. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels toward a circular loop-the-loop of ...
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 5:15pm by Erin

physics
a glider of length 10.00 cm slides down an air track. It passes through the lower photogate in .50 sec. A little later it passes through the lower photogate 100.00 cm down the track, in .25 sec. Calculate initial velocity,final velocity, and acceleration. Any help is greatly ...
Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at 2:57pm by bill

physics
A spring (k = 400 N/m) is hung vertically. a) If a 5 kg mass is attached to the end of the spring and gently lowered to rest position, what will be the stretch of the spring? b) If the 5 kg mass is attached and simply dropped, what will be the maximum velocity and the maximum ...
Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 10:02pm by ullas

physics
a spring with a length of 22.0 centimeters hangs from a ceiling. when a 755-gram mass is attached ti the spring, the spring strethes to 35.0 centimeters. what is the magnitude of the spring constant in N/m
Wednesday, August 1, 2012 at 7:30pm by Anonymous

physics
The uniform rod AB is suspended in air and its two ends are attached to supports by hinges.The rod has a weight of 15 lb and the spring is unstretched when θ = 0°. If θ = 30°, determine the stiffness k of the spring so that the rod is in equilibrium.
Monday, March 17, 2008 at 12:21pm by shan

Physics
A block is connected between two springs on a frictionless horizontally level track. The other end of each spring is respectively anchored to a vertical pin set at opposite ends of the track. The spring constant for one spring is k = 100N/m and the mass of the block is 0.300 ...
Wednesday, April 4, 2007 at 1:29pm by Bobby

physics
A massless spring of constant k =60.9 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.7 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance d, as in the figure below. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels toward a circular ...
Monday, November 5, 2012 at 6:23pm by Anonymous

physics
A load of 46 N attached to a spring that is hanging vertically stretches the spring 0.10 m. What is the spring constant?
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 9:40pm by imel

Physics
A load of 47 N attached to a spring that is hanging vertically stretches the spring 0.22 m. What is the spring constant?
Thursday, February 16, 2012 at 8:51pm by Joanne

Physics
Hung vertically, a mass less spring extends by 3.00 cm a mass of 739. G is attached to its lower end. The same mass and spring are then placed apart on a table. The spring is fixed in place and then the mass is given a velocity of 0.900 m/s towards the spring. a) What is the ...
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at 5:26pm by Steeve

physics please help!!
Hung vertically, a massless spring extends by 3.00 cm when a mass of 992.0 g is attached to its lower end. The same mass and spring are then placed apart on a table. The spring is fixed in place and then the mass is given a velocity of 0.800 m/s towards the spring. a) What is ...
Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7:05pm by archi

Physics URGENT!!!
: A massless spring of constant k =84.8 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.5 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance d, as in the figure below. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels toward a circular...
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 11:33am by Meg

Physics URGENT!!!
A massless spring of constant k =84.8 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.5 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance d, as in the figure below. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels toward a circular ...
Saturday, October 27, 2012 at 6:03pm by Mel

physics
a 0.75 kg mass attached to avertical spring streches the spring 0.30m. what is the spring constant? the mass-spring system is now placed on the horizontal surface and set vibrating. what is the period of the vibration?
Friday, March 25, 2011 at 12:32am by marco

Physics
A spring oriented vertically is attached to a hard horizontal surface as in the figure below. The spring has a force constant of 1.64 kN/m. How much is the spring compressed when a object of mass m = 2.35 kg is placed on top of the spring and the system is at rest?
Friday, April 26, 2013 at 9:23pm by Abdul

physics
A load of 46 N attached to a spring that is hanging vertically stretches the spring 0.10 m. What is the spring constant? Answer in units of N/m
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 at 8:06pm by Anonymous

Physics
A mass of 0.38 kg is attached to a spring and is set into vibration with a period of 0.22 s. What is the spring constant of the spring?
Friday, March 4, 2011 at 12:07pm by Ellen

physics
A load of 46 N attached to a spring that is hanging vertically stretches the spring 0.23 m. What is the spring constant? Answer in units of N/m.
Thursday, February 24, 2011 at 8:06pm by kelsi

Physics- Elena please help!
A massless spring of constant k =84.8 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.5 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance d, as in the figure below. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels toward a circular ...
Monday, October 29, 2012 at 4:23pm by Meg

Physics
I THINK SOMEONE HAS THIS SAME QUETION! A massless spring of constant k = 91.0 N/m is fixed on the left side of a level track. A block of mass m = 0.50 kg is pressed against the spring and compresses it a distance of d. The block (initially at rest) is then released and travels...
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 5:29pm by Gage

physics
A pulley is attached to the ceiling (as shown in the figure below). Spring scale A is attached to the wall and a rope runs horizontally from it and over the pulley. The same rope is then attached to spring scale B. On the other side of scale B hangs an W = 75-N weight. What ...
Thursday, February 17, 2011 at 10:23am by mayrel

Physics
When a mass of 28 g is attached to a certain spring, it makes 17 complete vibrations in 3.0 s. What is the spring constant of the spring? Answer in units of N/m
Monday, November 26, 2012 at 9:08pm by Kaitlin

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