A 2-kg stone is dropped from a height h and strikes the ground with a velocity of

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A 2-kg stone is dropped from a height h and strikes the ground with a velocity of 24 m/s.

(a) Find the kinetic energy of the stone as it strikes the ground and the height h from which it was dropped.

(b) Solve part a, assuming that the same stone is dropped on the moon. (Acceleration of gravity on the moon = 1.62 m/s2. )

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073212227

8th Edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston, Jr., Elliot Eisenberg, William Clausen, David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell

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