The pendulum apparatus in the video has a total mass of 578 grams. The pendulum rod has a small mass of 20 grams so you can treat all the mass of the pendulum as if it were hanging at the end which is called the “bob”. The mass of the rod should be taken into account in determining the center of mass of the apparatus which is 71.3 cm (not the length of the pendulum). A marble which hass a mass of 10 g is fired at the pendulum bob which has clay on it which allows the marble to stick to it. Derive a formula for measuring the velocity of the marble (vm) as a function of the mass of the marble mm, the mass of the marble/bob mmb and the velocity of the marble and bob vmb using the conservation of momentum
The pendulum apparatus in the video has a total mass of 578 grams. The pendulum rod has a small mass of 20 grams so you can treat all the mass of the pendulum as if it were hanging at the end which is called the “bob”. The mass of the rod should be taken into account in determining the center of mass of the apparatus which is 71.3 cm (not the length of the pendulum). A marble which hass a mass of 10 g is fired at the pendulum bob which has clay on it which allows the marble to stick to it.
Derive a formula for measuring the velocity of the marble (vm) as a function of the mass of the marble mm, the mass of the marble/bob mmb and the velocity of the marble and bob vmb using the conservation of momentum.
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