Consider a hanging spring of negligible mass that does not obey Hooke's law. When the spring is pulled downward by a distance x, the spring exerts an upward force of magnitude ar, where a is a positive constant. Initially the hanging spring is relaxed (not extended). We then attach a block of mass m to the spring and release the block. The block stretches the spring as it falls (see figure). (a) How fast is the block moving when it has fallen a distance x,? (b) At what rate does the spring do work on the block at this point? (c) Find the maximum distance x2 that the spring stretches. (d) Will the block remain at the point found in part ©?

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Consider a hanging spring of negligible mass that does not obey Hooke's law. When the spring
is pulled downward by a distance x, the spring exerts an upward force of magnitude ax², where
a is a positive constant. Initially the hanging spring is relaxed (not extended). We then attach
a block of mass m to the spring and release the block. The block stretches the spring as it falls
(see figure).
(a) How fast is the block moving when it has fallen a distance x?
(b) At what rate does the spring do work on the block at this point?
(c) Find the maximum distance x2 that the spring stretches.
(d) Will the block remain at the point found in part ©?
Block is attached
to end of relaxed
spring, then released.
m
Positive x is
downward.
Transcribed Image Text:Consider a hanging spring of negligible mass that does not obey Hooke's law. When the spring is pulled downward by a distance x, the spring exerts an upward force of magnitude ax², where a is a positive constant. Initially the hanging spring is relaxed (not extended). We then attach a block of mass m to the spring and release the block. The block stretches the spring as it falls (see figure). (a) How fast is the block moving when it has fallen a distance x? (b) At what rate does the spring do work on the block at this point? (c) Find the maximum distance x2 that the spring stretches. (d) Will the block remain at the point found in part ©? Block is attached to end of relaxed spring, then released. m Positive x is downward.
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