Reflection of the Week - 10/10/11 - 10/14/11

I'm stuck.

This week has, unfortunately, been a bit unproductive. I've actually been gone two days this week so that really didn't help at all. However, I have been able to figure a few things out:

1. Watching Looney Toons is still ridiculously hilarious, even when all you're watching is a 20 second clip over and over again. 
2. I've actually figured out why the large rock teeters slower than expected when the coyote and smaller rock hit it. There is an extra rock underneath the larger rock that acts as a separate type of lever, which slows down the joined rocks as they come down. I've also been able to calculate the length of each rock, based on the length of Coyote. The largest rock is about 13ft, the rock the coyote is on is about 7ft, and the rock that catapults the coyote is about 6ft.
3. If my calculations are correct, and I'm only half sure about them, Coyote falls 2480.6m, which adds up to a force of 55,566 Newtons, after he hits the overhanging rock. That's a whole bunch of newtons. 
4. This is where I got stuck. I need to calculate the mass of the catapulting rock, but it's in cartoon land. I can assume that the rock is sandstone because it is in the Grand Canyon/desert, and I know that it is about 7ft long. 

So that's what I did this week. I've calculated about half of the Physics so far seen in this video, and I'm stuck on the other half. That's what I'll be doing next week though. I'll probably have a meeting with my group and/or teacher to get some ideas. Oh! Since you have no idea what this magical "video" is that I keep talking about, here's a link if you want to check it out and keep up with my calculations/Physic babble.