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Question 3 new scenario - The graph shows the potential energy at different positions. A. A partic ...
Question 3 new scenario - The graph shows the potential energy at different positions. A. A particle with a mass of 200g is placed at x=6 with no initial velocity. Does it make it to x=0m ? Explain. B. A particle with a mass of 200g is moving to the right at x=1m. It has 2J of kinetic energy. Does the particle turn around? If so, where?
Solution: the mass of the particle m = 200gm = 0.2 kg Initially, the particle is placed at x = 6 with no initial velocity.
So, the initial kinetic energy of the particle is zero.
Now, from the graph, the potential energy of the particle at x = 6 is 6 J.
So, the initial total energy of the particle is