The Great Sandini is a 60 kg circus performer who is shot from a cannon (actually a spring gun). You don't find many men of his caliber, so you help him design a new gun. This new gun has a very large spring with a very small mass and a force constant of 1200 N/m that he will compress with a force of 6000 N. The inside of the gun barrel is coated with Teflon, so the average friction force will be only 45 N during the 5.0 m he moves in the barrel.

The Great Sandini is a 60 kg circus performer who is shot from a cannon (actually a spring gun). You don't find many men of his caliber, so you help him design a new gun. This new gun has a very large spring with a very small mass and a force constant of 1200 N/m that he will compress with a force of 6000 N. The inside of the gun barrel is coated with Teflon, so the average friction force will be only 45 N during the 5.0 m he moves in the barrel.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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