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Write out the definition of ‘kinetics’ and ‘kinematics’. Give an example of an equation related to each

Compute the position of the Center of Mass for the system of 8 masses. (note the origin is the center of the bottom left mass).   

A man is standing still on ice (there is no friction between the ice and anything that it touches). The man throws a medicine ball from chest height, with a velocity, vx in horizontal direction and vy in the vertical direction. Describe what happens. Describe the Motion of the center of gravity of the system. Include as much detail as possible. How fast does the CoM accelerate?

The vectors associated with angular acceleration and velocity are in the direction of what?

A particle starts from a rest and accelerates at

A block is on a surface with the coefficient of friction

4 Bowling Balls are sitting on a table, one falls off and starts to drop. How fast is the center of mass of the system (the 4 bowling balls dropping) in g’s?

In the absence of external forces, the linear momentum is 

Show all your work, include relevant equations.    Question: At a given instant, the belt is moving with velocity of 2 m/s.  The magnitude of the acceleration at point A is 125 m/s2. Compute the angular acceleration of the wheel.