A wooden block with mass 1.85 kg is placed against a compressed spring at the bo

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A wooden block with mass 1.85 kg is placed against a compressed spring at the bottom of a slope inclined at an angle of 29.0 (point A). When the spring is released, it projects the block up the incline. At point B, a distance of 4.25 m up the incline from A, the block is moving up the incline at a speed of 6.45 m/s and is no longer in contact with the spring. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and incline is k = 0.55. The mass of the spring is negligible. Calculate the amount of potential energy that was initially stored in the spring.

Explanation / Answer

Workdone by friction = change in mechanical energy

     = final gravitational and kinetic energy - initial elastic potential energy

N*mue_k*d*cos(180) = (m*g*h + 0.5*m*v^2) - initial elastic potential energy -

initial elastic potential energy = m*g*h + 0.5*m*v^2 + N*mue_k*d

= 1.85*9.8*4.25*sin(29) + 0.5*1.85*6.45^2 + 1.85*9.8*cos(29)*0.55*4.25

= 113 J <<<<<<<<------------------Answer

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