SOLUTION: Shaila wants to see how far a wheel goes when it is set free on different types of floors. She takes a ramp (as shown in the figure below) and a rubber wheel. She places the rubber

Question 1043854: Shaila wants to see how far a wheel goes when it is set free on different types of floors. She takes a ramp (as shown in the figure below) and a rubber wheel. She places the rubber wheel on the top of the ramp as shown in the figure and lets the wheel roll down the ramp and then onto the ground.
She does this four times on different types of floors -
1) on a wooden plank
2) on a floor with a woolen carpet
3) on a beach where there is sand
4) on a floor with a sheet of sponge
On which of these will the wheel go most far?

Answer by solver91311(24713) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

This is a Physics problem. You need to find a Physics help site to find someone to answer this question. Please continue to post your mathematics questions here though.

John

My calculator said it, I believe it, that settles it

RELATED QUESTIONS
Roberto is shopping in a large department store with many floors. He enters the store on (answered by fractalier)

mr. bloop is rolling small steal disks down a ramp. each disk is 4cm in diameter and 5mm... (answered by jorel1380)

When the bicycle's front wheel travels from point A to point B, it does exactly 10... (answered by Alan3354)

A building needs a ramp to make it handicap accessible. By law, the ramp must run 10... (answered by Cromlix)

Joden just moved into a 12-story apartment building, and he is still having trouble... (answered by macston)

A woman who lives in the suburbs normally gets to her job downtown by bicycling to the... (answered by josmiceli)

A water skier skis over the ramp shown in the figure at a speed of 30 feet per second.... (answered by ikleyn)

the time t required to do a certain job varies inversely as the number of people in... (answered by ankor@dixie-net.com)

A cart weighing 50 lb is placed on a ramp inclined at 15� to the horizontal. The cart... (answered by mananth,ikleyn,amalm06)