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So Work= Kinetic Energy and........ (1 Viewer)

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Good i also used final velocity not avg velocity in 0.5 x m x v^2 is that ok?
 

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That's what you are supposed to use - the velocity at state 2.

Kinetic energy of something only depends on that instant of measurement. It doesn't care what happens before, so using the average velocity would be meaningless.
 

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just making sure....

Its finished now im just typing the method.
 

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