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Natalie456
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1. For the following, the x-axis is not allowed to be set along the ramp. If a mass, starting from rest, slides along a linear, frictionless incline of length D and then falls a distance h to the ground, will it have an x-component of acceleration?
2. Relevant kinematics formulas?
3. I wasn't certain. It does travel a distance of Dcosθ in the horizontal direction. I initially figured that, because it starts at rest and travels this horizontal distance, there must be some component of acceleration in the x-direction, as well as in the y-direction, but, now, I am uncertain. A similar question with the coordinate axis set similarly also confused me.
Thanks!
2. Relevant kinematics formulas?
3. I wasn't certain. It does travel a distance of Dcosθ in the horizontal direction. I initially figured that, because it starts at rest and travels this horizontal distance, there must be some component of acceleration in the x-direction, as well as in the y-direction, but, now, I am uncertain. A similar question with the coordinate axis set similarly also confused me.
Thanks!