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AP Physics C: Mechanics
4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
3.4 Conservation of Energy
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A side-view schematic showing a pendulum and a block on a horizontal surface. A small circular bob of mass \(m_1\) is suspended by a thin line from a fixed horizontal ceiling support. The bob is shown at an elevated position, with a vertical dimension line labeled \(h\) indicating its height above the lowest point of its swing. A dashed curved arrow shows the downward trajectory of the bob toward the horizontal surface. At the bottom of the swing, a rectangular block of mass \(m_2\) rests on the horizontal surface directly in the path of the bob. The horizontal surface under the block has short diagonal hatch marks beneath it. No other labels, lines, arrows, or text appear.
Pendulum bob of mass \(m_1\) released from height \(h\) toward stationary block of mass \(m_2\).
A pendulum bob of mass \(m_1 = 1.0 \text{ kg}\) is attached to a light string and released from rest from a vertical height \(h = 0.80 \text{ m}\) above a horizontal floor. At the lowest point of its trajectory, the bob strikes a block of mass \(m_2 = 3.0 \text{ kg}\) initially at rest on the floor in an elastic, one-dimensional collision. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the floor is \(\mu_k = 0.40\). What distance does the block slide along the floor before coming to rest?

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