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CharlieEckert

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Well I'm really starting to run out idea for creative content so ill be writing about the eraser i just dropped out boredom. The eraser weighs about 1 gram and is dropped from the height of 1 m. The potential energy eraser is given by mgh and = .01 J. Neglecting air resistance, the eraser has a final velocity of about 4.47 m/s. This gives it a momentum of .00447 kg m/s downward since momentum = v * m. Neglecting the fact that the eraser bounces a little, what happens to the momentum in the downward direction after the eraser hits the floor. Well the floor is so massive that the floor downward movement is negligible!!!

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bdavis

i admire your spunk my friend. But even in your tired state, you still came up with a valid physics concept and related it to an everyday occurrence. i can't tell you how many times i drop my eraser and know i know that if i have a similar eraser, that is how much energy is being transferred from potential to kinetic energy.

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