3. Alicia, who has a mass of mA = 70 kg, works at recieving in a warehouse. A box of mass mg = 40 kg is being dropped from rest from the top of a frictionless ramp of height h = 3 m. She plans on catching the box when it reaches her. Starting where Alicia is standing, the coefficient of kinetic friction is #k = 0.8. MB = 40 kg h = 3m (a) Find the speed of the box just before it reaches Alicia. [Note: at this point, friction has not acted on the block at all.] (c) (b) Alicia catches the box successfully, and now they are both moving with the same speed (note: this is an inelastic collision). What is the speed of Alicia and the block just after she catches it? [Note: since it is immediately after she catches the block, friction still has not yet acted on Alicia or the block.] (d) mA = 70 kg (e) Hk = 0.8 (f) How far will Alicia and the box slide before coming to a rest? [Note: now friction is acting. How much thermal energy was generated from start to finish? How much thermal energy was generated by Alicia catching the box? How much thermal energy was generated by Alicia and the box sliding to a stop?

3. Alicia, who has a mass of mA = 70 kg, works at recieving in a warehouse. A box of mass mg = 40 kg is being dropped from rest from the top of a frictionless ramp of height h = 3 m. She plans on catching the box when it reaches her. Starting where Alicia is standing, the coefficient of kinetic friction is #k = 0.8. MB = 40 kg h = 3m (a) Find the speed of the box just before it reaches Alicia. [Note: at this point, friction has not acted on the block at all.] (c) (b) Alicia catches the box successfully, and now they are both moving with the same speed (note: this is an inelastic collision). What is the speed of Alicia and the block just after she catches it? [Note: since it is immediately after she catches the block, friction still has not yet acted on Alicia or the block.] (d) mA = 70 kg (e) Hk = 0.8 (f) How far will Alicia and the box slide before coming to a rest? [Note: now friction is acting. How much thermal energy was generated from start to finish? How much thermal energy was generated by Alicia catching the box? How much thermal energy was generated by Alicia and the box sliding to a stop?

College Physics

10th Edition

ISBN:9781285737027

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter5: Energy

Section: Chapter Questions

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