Question

3 A 100 g steel ball falls from a height of 1.8 m on to a metal plate and rebounds to a height of 1.25 m.​

Answer 1

It makes a distinct "clang", even if there is nobody there to hear it.

Answer 2

Given values:

Mass of the steel ball, m = 100 g = 0.1 kg

Height of the steel ball, h1 = 1.8 m

Rebound height, h2 = 1.25 m

a. PE= mgh

0.1 x 9.8 x 1.8 =

1.764 Joules

b. KE = PE ->

1.764 Joules

c. KE= 1/2 mv square

so v = square root 2ke/m

square root 2 x 1.764/ 0.1

= 5.93 m/s

d. KE=PE=mgh square

0.1 x 9.8 x 1.21 =

1.186 joules

velocity of rebond is square root 2x 1.186/ 0.1 = 4.87 m/s