Help with your physics presentation?
Hey,
I need help with my physics presentation!
Can someone explain to me how I came up with this formula, which I circled, and how I can then use it to calculate the height? My presentation topic is the double-ball experiment.
Best regards and thanks in advance 🙂
The formula describes the ratio between the jumping height of the lighter ball and its starting height in the double-ball attempt. The double-ball experiment is an experiment in which two balls of different mass are attached to a cord and then thrown vertically upward. When impacting the ground, the lighter ball will jump higher than the heavier ball.
The formula describes the ratio between the pitch of the lighter ball (h2) and its starting height (h0). It is based on energy conservation and says that the maximum height is reached when the kinetic energy of the ball has been completely converted into potential energy.
In order to calculate the height of the lighter ball, it is possible to use the formula and use the values for the masses m1 and m2 of the two balls as well as the starting and jumping height. For example, if you know the masses of the two balls and the starting height of the lighter ball is 1 meter, you can calculate the pitch of the ball using the formula.
Thank you very much! Is there any way to prove how to get the formula, or can I just write it like that? Is that a formula for memorizing or?
So if now the starting height is for example 2m and I want to calculate h2, then the formula h2=2m * (….) is?