Recap - Spring Launcher
Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 64 of 97.
Challenge
A pinball plunger spring is pulled back and launches a ball up the smooth table, tilted at . When the ball is higher than where it started, it still moves at . The picture shows the ball twice: at the start and at that moment. Draw the forces on it at that moment, from the dot, then find the spring constant of the plunger spring.
Try it yourself
Solve for
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