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John Mallinckrodt wrote:
At time t, the center of mass of the gas
lies at a distance L/4 from the end on which you are pushing.
i) Now can you determine the distance that the container has
moved? If so, what is it?
Yes. The container has moved a distance Mv^2/F + L/8.
(IMO, the proof of this is not at all trivial without a clear
understanding of a variety of work-energy relationships.)
It seems to me this involves an understanding of only the center-of-mass
work-translational kinetic energy relation. Am I missing something?