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Old 12-09-2006, 10:48 PM   #19 (permalink)
filtherton
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Originally Posted by threewingedfury
are you trying to say they are the same?

because I get for the translational - .5m(v/r)r^2 and for the rotational .5mr^2(v/r)^2, which arent the same
This is kinetic energy right? .5*m*v^2. I'm not sure where the r^2 is coming from in your kinetic energy formula.
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