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Velocity of an object sliding down a ramp at a certain point?
Im having trouble coming up with an equation that will give me the velocity of an object sliding down a friction-less ramp at a certain distance.
I have the mass, the distance('s) and the angle.
Heres what i have come up with:
Since mass is negligable for a falling object, i assume this would too since its friction-less.
V=sqrt(Vo^2 + 2gsin(x)d)
Is this right?
3 Answers
- Anonymous10 years agoFavourite answer
I recommend using the energy approcah:
When the body is standing at the top of the ramp, it has gravitational potential energy:
E=mgH
When it begins to slide, the energy slowly converts to kinetic energy, but if the body is at some height(hasn't reached the ground yet), for example 0.5H, it still has some gravitational energy. So, the equation to work with is:
mgH=mv^2/2+mgh
since you need the velocity, you get the following:
v=sqrt(2g(H-h))
if you want to express the distance, by distance along the ramp (from the end of the ramp), not by height, the expresion becomes:
v=sqrt(2g(H-d*sin(angle_of_the_ramp)))
where H is the highest point of the ramp, d is distance from some point on ramp, to ground, but distance measured along the ramp.
- 10 years ago
Im not sure about question but i would use conservation of energy...
KEi + PEi = KEf + PEf
Initially Ke would be 0 (assuming) and PE is given by mgh
then as it slides downt hte ramp PE is converted to PE
so mgh=0.5mv^2
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