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A superball has a coefficient of restitution of .90. The ball is dropped from an intitial height of 1.60m.
a) if the ball is allowed to bounce 3 times, how high will it rebound after the third bounce?
b) If the ball has a mass of 48g, calculate the amount of the ball's orignal energy that was lost in the three impacts with the floor.

Respuesta :

Answer:

a

  [tex]H_3 = 0.85 \ m[/tex]

b

 [tex]PE = 0.3528 \ J[/tex]

Explanation:

From the question we are told that  

   The  coefficient of resolution is  [tex]C_r = 0.90[/tex]

    The  initial height is  [tex]H_i = 1.60 \ m[/tex]

   

Considering question a

  The  number of times the ball bounced is [tex]k = 3[/tex]

    Generally the height attained after the 3rd bounce is mathematically represented as

       [tex]H_3 = H_i * (C_r)^{2 * k }[/tex]

 =>    [tex]H_3 = 1.60 * 0.90^{2 * 3 }[/tex]

=>    [tex]H_3 = 0.85 \ m[/tex]

Considering question b

The  mass is  m =  48 g  =  0.048  kg

Generally the amount of potential energy that was lost is mathematically represented as

        [tex]PE = mg [ H_i - H_3 ][/tex]

=>    [tex]PE = 0.048 * 9.8 [1.60 - 0.85 ][/tex]

=>     [tex]PE = 0.3528 \ J[/tex]