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A T-shirt cannon is made of pipe within which a light spring, with k=100 N/m, can be compressed to launch the bundled shirt of mass 0.3 kg. Imagine the spring compressed 0.15 m and then released. Ignoring friction, calculate the launch velocity (speed at which the T-shirt leaves the spring) in two cases: A horizontal launch A vertical launch HTML EditorKeyboard Shortcuts

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Horizontal launch

[tex]\vec v = 2.739\cdot i \,\left[\frac{m}{s} \right][/tex]

Vertical launch

[tex]\vec v = 2.739\cdot j \,\left[\frac{m}{s} \right][/tex]

Explanation:

The launch speed is calculated by means of the Principle of Energy Conservation:

[tex]U_{k} = K[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1}{2}\cdot k \cdot x^{2} = \frac{1}{2}\cdot m \cdot v^{2}[/tex]

[tex]v = x \cdot \sqrt{\frac{k}{m} }[/tex]

[tex]v = (0.15\,m)\cdot \sqrt{\frac{100\,\frac{N}{m} }{0.3\,kg} }[/tex]

[tex]v \approx 2.739\,\frac{m}{s}[/tex]

The velocities for each scenario are presented herein:

Horizontal launch

[tex]\vec v = 2.739\cdot i \,\left[\frac{m}{s} \right][/tex]

Vertical launch

[tex]\vec v = 2.739\cdot j \,\left[\frac{m}{s} \right][/tex]

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