A war-wolf or trebuchet is a device used during the Middle Ages to throw rocks at castles and now sometimes used to fling large vegetables and pianos as a sport. A simple trebuchet is shown in the figure. Model it as a stiff rod of negligible mass, 3.05 m long, joining particles of mass 75.0 kg and 0.100 kg at its ends. It can turn on a frictionless, horizontal axle perpendicular to the rod and 13.0 cm from the large-mass particle. The rod is released from rest in a horizontal orientation. Find the maximum speed that the 0.100 kg object attains.

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A war-wolf or trebuchet is a device used during the Middle Ages to throw rocks at castles and now sometimes used to fling large vegetables and pianos as a sport. A simple trebuchet is shown in the figure. Model it as a stiff rod of negligible mass, 3.05 m long, joining particles of mass 75.0 kg and 0.100 kg at its ends. It can turn on a frictionless, horizontal axle perpendicular to the rod and 13.0 cm from the large-mass particle. The rod is released from rest in a horizontal orientation. Find the maximum speed that the 0.100 kg object attains. 
-i am completely lost at how to attempt this problem please help!

drwls · Answer

Without the figure, I can't help you. Maybe someone else can.

aaaaaaa · Answer

i don't understand it either i am trying to work it out my self for an assighnment