Name: Using Impulse to Calculate Initial Height Category: Momentum and Collisions Date Added: 2017-02-03 Submitter: Flipping Physics
A 66 g beanbag is dropped and stops upon impact with the ground. If the impulse measured during the collision is 0.33 N·s, from what height above the ground was the beanbag dropped?
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0:56 The problem
1:39 Splitting the problem in to two parts
2:32 Using Impulse for part 2
3:30 Using Conservation of Energy for part 1
4:45 What went wrong?
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Using Impulse to Calculate Initial Height