A 0.30 kg stone attached to a 0.8 m long string is rotated in a horizontal plane. The string makes an angle of 15° with the horizontal. Determine the speed of the stone.
tan 15=mg/mv^2/r= gr/v^2
so find v.
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To determine the speed of the stone, we can use the principles of circular motion. Given the mass of the stone (m = 0.30 kg), the length of the string (r = 0.8 m), and the angle with the horizontal (θ = 15°), we can use the formula:
v = √(g * r * tanθ)
where v is the speed of the stone, g is the acceleration due to gravity (approximately 9.8 m/s²), r is the length of the string, and θ is the angle with the horizontal.
Now, let's substitute the given values into the formula and solve for v:
v = √(9.8 * 0.8 * tan(15°))
First, let's calculate the value inside the square root:
v = √(9.8 * 0.8 * 0.2679)
v = √(2.11696)
v ≈ 1.455 m/s
Therefore, the speed of the stone is approximately 1.455 m/s.
To determine the speed of the stone, we can use the concept of centripetal force and the equation for centripetal acceleration. The centripetal force is provided by the tension in the string, and the centripetal acceleration is given by the formula:
\(a_c = \frac{v^2}{r}\)
where \(v\) is the speed of the stone and \(r\) is the radius of the circular path.
First, let's find the tension in the string. We can break down the forces acting on the stone into horizontal and vertical components. The vertical component of the tension will balance the weight of the stone, while the horizontal component of the tension will provide the centripetal force.
The vertical component of the tension is given by:
\(T \sin\theta = mg\)
where \(T\) is the tension, \(\theta\) is the angle with the horizontal, and \(m\) is the mass of the stone.
Substituting the given values, we have:
\(T \sin 15^\circ = (0.30 \text{ kg})(9.8 \text{ m/s}^2)\)
Solving for \(T\), we find:
\(T \approx 0.079 \text{ N}\)
Next, we can use the horizontal component of the tension to calculate the centripetal force. The horizontal component is given by:
\(T \cos\theta = \frac{m v^2}{r}\)
where \(v\) is the speed of the stone and \(r\) is the radius of the circular path.
Since the radius is the length of the string (\(0.8 \text{ m}\)), we can substitute the values and solve for \(v\):
\(T \cos 15^\circ = \frac{(0.30 \text{ kg}) v^2}{0.8 \text{ m}}\)
Plugging in the known values, we have:
\((0.079 \text{ N}) \cos 15^\circ = \frac{(0.30 \text{ kg}) v^2}{0.8 \text{ m}}\)
Solving for \(v^2\), we get:
\(v^2 = \frac{(0.079 \text{ N}) \cos 15^\circ}{(0.30 \text{ kg}) / (0.8 \text{ m})}\)
Evaluating, we find:
\(v^2 \approx 0.282 \text{ m}^2/\text{s}^2\)
Finally, taking the square root of both sides, we can find the speed of the stone:
\(v \approx \sqrt{0.282} \text{ m/s}\)
So, the speed of the stone is approximately 0.531 m/s.