A block of mass m = 1 kg is sliding at 2 m/s [E] on a frictionless surface. A curved frictionless ramp of unknown mass M is at rest on but not attached to the same frictionless surface, as shown at right. The block slides up the ramp after reaching it. The block rises to a maximum height h = 0.125 m on the ramp. What is the velocity of the block at the instant it is at that maximum vertical height? What is the velocity of the block at the instant the block loses contact with the ramp?

A block of mass m = 1 kg is sliding at 2 m/s [E] on a frictionless surface. A curved frictionless ramp of unknown mass M is at rest on but not attached to the same frictionless surface, as shown at right. The block slides up the ramp after reaching it. The block rises to a maximum height h = 0.125 m on the ramp. What is the velocity of the block at the instant it is at that maximum vertical height? What is the velocity of the block at the instant the block loses contact with the ramp?

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A block of mass m = 1 k g is sliding at 2 m / s [ E ] on a frictionless surface. A curved frictionless ramp of unknown mass M is at rest on but not attached to the same frictionless surface, as shown at right. The block slides up the ramp after reaching it.
  1. The block rises to a maximum height h = 0.125 m on the ramp. What is the velocity of the block at the instant it is at that maximum vertical height?
  2. What is the velocity of the block at the instant the block loses contact with the ramp?

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