block of mass m rests on a rough horizontal surface and is attached to a spring of stiffness k. The coefficients of both static and kinetic friction areμ. The block is displaced a distance x0 to the right of the unstretched position for the spring and released from rest. If the value for x0 is large enough, the spring force will overcome the maximum available static friction force and the block will slide toward the unstretched position of the spring with an acceleration a = μg− k/mx, wherexrepresents the amount of stretch (or compression) in the spring at any given location in the motion. Use the values
A block of mass m rests on a rough horizontal surface and is attached to a spring of stiffness k. The coefficients of both static and kinetic friction areμ. The block is displaced a distance x0 to the right of the unstretched position for the spring and released from rest. If the value for x0 is large enough, the spring force will overcome the maximum available static friction force and the block will slide toward the unstretched position of the spring with an acceleration a = μg− k/mx, wherexrepresents the amount of stretch (or compression) in the spring at any given location in the motion. Use the values m=10 kg, k=160 N/m, μ=0.44, and x0=720 mm and determine the final spring stretch (or compression) xfwhen the block comes to a complete stop. The distance xf will be positive if to the right (spring stretched) and negative if to the left (spring compressed).
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