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In procedure 3: a spring is at the bottom of a frictionless incline. When a box

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Question

In procedure 3: a spring is at the bottom of a frictionless incline. When a box of mass M compresses the spring distance x and is released from rest, the box slides distance d up the incline (measured from where the box is at rest). a) Suppose a box of mass 2M is used to compress the spring distance x,and is released from rest. The distance the box will slide up the incline is: between d/2 and d/4 between d and 2d between d/2 and d 2d d/2 d between 2d and 4d 4d d/4 b) Suppose a box of mass M is used to compress the spring distance 2x, and is released from rest. The distance the box will slide up the incline now is: d/4 between d/4 and d/2 d 4d 2d between d and d/2 between d and 2d d/2 between 4d and 2d

Explanation / Answer

In procedure 3: a spring is at the bottom of a frictionless incline. When a box of mass M compresses the spring distance x and is released from rest, the box slides distance d up the incline (measured from where the box is at rest). a) Suppose a box of mass 2M is used to compress the spring distance x,and is released from rest. The distance the box will slide up the incline is d/2 between d and 2d d/4 2d between d/2 and d/4 between d/2 and d d 4d between 2d and 4d b) Suppose a box of mass M is used to compress the spring distance 2x, and is released from rest. The distance the box will slide up the incline now is d/2 2d between d and 2d between d and d/2 d/4 4d between d/4 and d/2 between 4d and 2d d a) d/2 b) 4d