Movement on an Inclined Plane
A block is given an initial speed of 4.0 m/s up a 22° plane. (a) How far up the plane will it go? (b) How much time elapses before it returns to its starting point? Ignore friction.
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The solution provides a step-by-step calculation for the speed of a block down an inclined plane, and the time it takes it return to its starting point. Diagrams are included.
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