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Jacob959
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A mass of 0.5 kg hangs motionless from a vertical spring whose length is 0.80 m and whose unstretched length is 0.40 m. Next the mass is pulled down to where the spring has a length of 1.00 m and given an initial speed upwards of 1.5 m/s. What is the maximum length of the spring during the motion that follows?
2. Uspring = .5kx^2, KE = .5mv^2
3.First I found the k value of the spring by taking F=-kx, or mg=kx and got 4.9=k(.4) or k = 12.25. Then, I thought the KEinitial + Uinitial = Ufinal. So I solved the equation .5(12.25)(.6)^2+.5(.5)(1.5)^2 = .5(12.25)(x)^2 to find x, or the final chance in the length of the spring. Once I found this, which I got to be.672, I added this to the unstretched length to get 1.07 as the max length of the spring. However, the correct answer is 1.16 and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help?
2. Uspring = .5kx^2, KE = .5mv^2
3.First I found the k value of the spring by taking F=-kx, or mg=kx and got 4.9=k(.4) or k = 12.25. Then, I thought the KEinitial + Uinitial = Ufinal. So I solved the equation .5(12.25)(.6)^2+.5(.5)(1.5)^2 = .5(12.25)(x)^2 to find x, or the final chance in the length of the spring. Once I found this, which I got to be.672, I added this to the unstretched length to get 1.07 as the max length of the spring. However, the correct answer is 1.16 and I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. Any help?