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1) Read the following problem and identify the relevant physical principles and summarize them in words

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1) Read the following problem and identify the relevant physical principles and summarize them in words. 2) Draw an energy diagram for the object(s) in motion while moving in the loop. Include total energy, potential
energy and the kinetic energy. Please be aware of all the other components of the graph. 3) Answer the questions listed below. Please show all steps and provide an explanation of the process. Grading Rubric: This assignment will be graded out of a total of 20 points. Task 1 and 2 are both worth 5 points and Task 3 is
worth 10 points Problem: A block of mass m slides along a frictionless track with speed vm. It collides with a stationary block of mass M.
Find an expression (in some or all of the terms R, g, m and M) for the for the minimum value of vm that will allow the
second block to make it around the full loop without falling off if the collision is a) Perfectly inelastic b) Perfectly elastic c) If the velocity vm was halved from the perfectly inelastic collision situation, determine an expression for how
far up the loop the mass M would make it around the loop. Draw a new energy diagram for this situation. d) Imagine if block M was launched by horizontal spring at the bottom of the loop, instead of through a
collision, with spring constant k. Find an expression for the distance the spring would need to be
compressed so that it would make it around the loop without falling off.