Name: Anonymous 2008-10-08 0:36
I'm having trouble with question 1b on http://www.physics.drexel.edu/students/courses/physics-201/assign/Phys201AssignH2F08.pdf
I've tried setting y=0 at the very top(equilibrium with no mass) and at the middle(equilibrium with a mass). My math just isn't working out, I've gotten as close as.
I've gotten as far as this;
the difference between equilibrium and top;
KYoYm-(1/2)K(Ym)^2-MGYo-MGYm
and the difference between equillibrium and bottom;
-KYoYm-(1/2)K(Ym)^2-MGYo-MGYm
I've tried setting y=0 at the very top(equilibrium with no mass) and at the middle(equilibrium with a mass). My math just isn't working out, I've gotten as close as.
I've gotten as far as this;
the difference between equilibrium and top;
KYoYm-(1/2)K(Ym)^2-MGYo-MGYm
and the difference between equillibrium and bottom;
-KYoYm-(1/2)K(Ym)^2-MGYo-MGYm