Ablock of mass m is undergoing shm on a horizontal, frictionless surface while attached to a light, horizontal spring. the spring has force constant k, and the amplitude of the shm is a. the block has v = 0, and x = +a at t = 0. it first reaches x = 0 when t=t/4, where t is the period of the motion.

a) in terms of t, what is the time t when the block first reaches x=a/2?

b)the block has its maximum speed when t=t/4. what is the value of t when the speed of the block first reaches the value vmax/2?

Prompta snowboarder stands at the top of a hill and decides to see if he can increase his speed on his next trip down the slope.describe one thing the snowboarder could do to incrlase his speed on the slope. explain why this would cause his speed toincrease relate one of newton's laws to this problem.

Ateam of astronauts is on a mission to land on and explore a large asteroid. in addition to collecting samples and performing experiments, one of their tasks is to demonstrate the concept of the escape speed by throwing rocks straight up at various initial speeds. with what minimum initial speed vesc will the rocks need to be thrown in order for them never to "fall" back to the asteroid? assume that the asteroid is approximately spherical, with an average density p 3.84 x108 g/m3 and volume v 2.17 x 1012 m3 recall that the universal gravitational constant is g 6.67 x 10-11 n m2/kg2

The sun’s mass is 2.0×10^ 30 kg, its radius is 7.0×10 5 km, and it has a rotational period of approximately 28 days. if the sun should collapse into a white dwarf of radius 3.5×10 3 km, what would its period be if no mass were ejected and a sphere of uniform density can model the sun both before and after?