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Video Discussion: Introductory Work due to Friction equals Change in Mechanical Energy Problem

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Name: Introductory Work due to Friction equals Change in Mechanical Energy Problem
Category: Work, Energy, Power
Date Added: 2016-02-12
Submitter: Flipping Physics

The equation Work due to Friction equals Change in Mechanical Energy can often be confusing for students. This video is a step-by-step introduction in how to use the formula to solve a problem. Want Lecture Notes? This is an AP Physics 1 topic.

Content Times:
0:09 The problem
1:29 Why we can use this equation in this problem
1:52 Expanding the equation
2:29 Identifying Initial and Final Points and the Horizontal Zero Line
3:00 Substituting into the left hand side of the equation
4:05 Deciding which Mechanical Energies are present
4:59 Where did all that Kinetic Energy go?
5:27 Identifying which variables we know and do not know
5:58 Solving for the Force Normal
6:57 Substituting Force Normal back into the original equation
8:09 Why isn’t our answer negative?

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