It is said that walking at a comfortable speed involves a pendulum-like motion of your legs. We want to see how good this claim is quantitatively.
(A) First we are going to predict your gait. The legs are not a SIMPLE pendulum, in that all the mass is not concentrated at your foot, but is distributed. For such a pendulum the period T is given by the equation T = 2π √(I/mgL) where I is the moment of inertia. m is the mass of the pendulum; L is its length. As you recall, for a uniform rod, I=1/3 mL 2 This is a tough estimation because you know your leg has more mass at the thigh than the ankles, but for the moment, it's going to be our best guess. Now m is not your whole mass, but the mass of your leg, which is typically about 5% of your m. So, with a ruler and a scale, make a PREDICTION of the period of your leg as it swings in a walking motion.
(B) CHECK your prediction! Time yourself (or do it with a friend, more fun) walking 20 steps. Now there's just one more little trick here. If you watch carefully, a "step" is only half a cycle, since the leg must then swing back. So 20 steps = 10 cycles. Take the time you measure for 20 steps, divide by 10, and see if you are any where near the prediction from part A. Note that because of your length of leg and weight, everybody can have a different answer to this question!

Red’s momentum vector before the collision is green’s momentum vector after the collision. question 1 options: equal to shorter than longer than question 2 (1 point) saved since green bounces off red, this must be an collision. question 2 options: explosion elastic inelastic question 3 (1 point) red transfers of its momentum to green during the collision. question 3 options: none all little most question 4 (4 points) why does red transfer all its momentum to green? back up your answer with information from the simulation. write at least 2 sentences. question 4 options: skip toolbars for . more insert actions. more text actions. more paragraph style actions. question 5 (1 point) now make red much heavier than green. answer the questions below to describe how both red and green behave after the collision. question 5 options: slowed down sped up kept the same velocity question 6 (1 point) green sped up during the collision as it question 6 options: gained momentum from red lost momentum to red maintained a constant momentum. question 7 (1 point) after the collision . . question 7 options: both green and red moved to the right. both green and red stopped as they have lost all momentum. red stopped and green moved to the right. red bounced off green and went to the left. green moved to the right. question 8 (4 points) only some of red’s momentum was transferred to green. why did this occur? back up your answer with information from the simulation. write at least 2 sentences. question 8 options: skip toolbars for . more insert actions. more text actions. more paragraph style actions. question 9 (1 point) now make red much lighter than green. answer the questions below to describe how both red and green behave after the collision question 9 options: green sped up after the collision therefore it must have gained momentum. green sped up after the collision therefore it must have lost momentum. green slowed down after the collision therefore it must have gained momentum. green slowed down after the collision therefore it must have lost momentum. question 10 (1 point) since green gained momentum, red had to have momentum because you cannot create or destroy momentum. question 10 options: gained lost kept the same amount of question 11 (1 point) since green was so much and harder to move, it caused red to bounce back to the left giving red . question 11 options: heavier . . . . positive lighter. . . . negative lighter. . . . positive heavier . . . . negative question 12 (4 points) now, click on more data at the bottom of the sim. play with different numbers for the masses and starting velocities. you can even make the starting velocities negative! tell me one thing you discovered by adjusting the speeds and masses. write at least 2 sentences. be specific and use words like velocity, momentum, mass, increased, decreased, etc. 13. true or false: when red and green collide, they stick together. question 13 options: true false question 14 (1 point) the velocity of red & green after the collision is the velocity that red started off with. question 14 options: larger than smaller than equal to question 15 (1 point) the velocity after the collision was less because the mass has question 15 options: stayed the same decreased increased question 16 (1 point) the momentum before the collision was the momentum after the collision. question 16 options: larger than smaller than equal to conclusions question 17 (4 points) how are elastic and inelastic collisions different? give two or more ways. your answer should have at least 2 sentences. question 18 (4 points) give an example of a collision in real life. use the law of conservation of energy to describe the transfer of momentum. be sure and discuss the momentum before and after the collision occurs. you will need at least 3 sentences to thoroughly answer this question.