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\"Relative\" is an important word. In the figure below, block L of mass m L = 2.

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Question

"Relative" is an important word. In the figure below, block L of mass mL = 2.00 kg and blockR of mass mR = 0.500 kg are held in place with a compressed spring between them. When the blocks are released, the spring sends them sliding across a frictionless floor. (The spring has negligible mass and falls to the floor after the blocks leave it.)

"Relative" is an important word. In the figure below, block L of mass mL = 2.00 kg and blockR of mass mR = 0.500 kg are held in place with a compressed spring between them. When the blocks are released, the spring sends them sliding across a frictionless floor. (The spring has negligible mass and falls to the floor after the blocks leave it.) If the spring gives block L a release speed of 1.40 m/s relative to the floor, how far does block R travel in the next 0.800 s? If, instead, the spring gives block L a release speed of 1.40 m/s relative to the velocity that the spring gives blockR, how far does block R travel in the next 0.800 s?

Explanation / Answer

speed of block R = momentum of L / Mass of R = 2 *1.4 / 0.5

speed of R = 5.6 m/s

distance R moves in 0.8s = 5.6 . 0.8 = 4.6 m = 4.6 m

B) vr + vl= 1.4

Mr.Vr + Ml.Vl = 0

0.5 . Vr =