Physics 115: Spring 2005 Atwood’s Machine

hit the floor, we can determine both the final velocity and acceleration of the mass. We know that: describes the motion of any object undergoing constant acceleration. If x-x0, or ∆x, is just the height h, and the initial velocity is zero, then our acceleration can be solved for in terms of h and t. Our final velocity is given by t 2h vf ... ................
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