A 97-g cup falls from a kitchen shelf and shatters on the ceramic tile floor. Assume that the maximum kinetic energy obtained by the cup is 2.6 J and that air resistance is neglible.

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anonymous · Answer

The cup's maximum speed is 7.3 m/s but what happened to the 2.6 J of kinetic energy after the crash?

anonymous · Answer

What is the actual question though?

anonymous · Answer

Essentially, all the energy dissipates into vibrations on the floor so quickly that the cup shatters

anonymous · Answer

The kinetic energy after the crash converts into sound energy and dissipates into the environment. This is according to Law Of Conservation Of Energy.