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Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors
Section: Chapter Questions
Problem 1CQ: Estimate the order of magnitude of the length, in meters, of each of the following; (a) a mouse, (b)...
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Transcribed Image Text:Consider the ballistic pendulum setup: A bullet of mass m with speed vo hits a pendulum
bob of mass M, suspended by a massless rope of length L. The bullet gets stuck inside,
making the pendulum swing up to some height.
The maximum height the pendulum can reach is solved below:
L
m
M
Solution: At the start, the bullet has a momentum muo. When they collide and the bullet gets inside,
the speed of the combined masses can be obtained using conservation of linear momentum.
muo (m+ M)v,
where u is the speed of the combined masses. Therefore, we get
Finally, we have h =
V=
m+ M
At the instant the masses move, they initially have purely kinetic energy given by
1 m²
2 m+ M
This kinetic energy becomes potential energy at the maximum height. We get
1
(m +1
·(m +
1 m² 00²
2 (m+M)² g
T= (m+
(m + M)v²
m
M)v².
=
VO-
=
1 m²
2m+M 0
v².
= (m + M)gh.
Problem needs to solve:
Show that the angle from the figure is given by 0 = cos-¹
(Provide full solution of the problem).
m²V0²
2gL(m+M)2
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