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Work By Gravity & Inclined Planes
Work By Variable Forces (Springs)
Net Work & Kinetic Energy
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Solution: Youre fishing from a tall pier and have just caught a 1.3 kg fish. As it breaks the surface, essentially at rest, the tension in the vertical fishing line is 16 N.Use work and energy to find the fishs upward speed after youve lifted it 2.0 m?

Solution: Youre fishing from a tall pier and have just caught a 1.3 kg fish. As it breaks the surface, essentially at rest, the tension in the vertical fishing line is 16 N.Use work and energy to find t

Problem

Youre fishing from a tall pier and have just caught a 1.3 kg fish. As it breaks the surface, essentially at rest, the tension in the vertical fishing line is 16 N.

Use work and energy to find the fishs upward speed after youve lifted it 2.0 m?

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