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Curtis, a student in our class, makes the following statement: The puck reached a slightly higher location on the ramp than I predicted. This is because I used the wrong mass for the puck when I did all my calculations. I accidentally used the mass of the smaller puck rather than the mass of the larger puck in my video." Is this a plausible explanation? Would the using the wrong mass for the puck during the calculations mean the puck would reach a greater height? Explain your reasoning.

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Answer and Explanation: No, the explanation is not plausible. The puck sliding on the ice is an example of the Principle of Conservation of Energy, which can be enunciated as "total energy of a system is constant. It can be changed or transferred but the total is always the same".

When a player hit the pluck, it starts to move, gaining kinetic energy (K). As it goes up a ramp, kinetic energy decreases and potential energy (P) increases until it reaches its maximum. When potential energy is maximum, kinetic energy is zero and vice-versa.

So, at the beginning of the movement the puck only has kinetic energy. At the end, it gains potential energy until its maximum.

The representation is as followed:

[tex]K_{i}+P_{i}=K_{f}+P_{f}[/tex]

[tex]K_{i}+0=0+P_{f}[/tex]

[tex]\frac{1}{2}mv^{2} = mgh[/tex]

As we noticed, mass of the object can be cancelled from the equation, making height be:

[tex]h=\frac{v^{2}}{2g}[/tex]

So, the height the puck reaches depends on velocity and acceleration due to gravity, not mass of the puck.

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