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Momentum and Collision Practice Problems and Answers. PROBLEM 1. A 2250 kg pickup truck has a velocity of 25 m/s to the east. What is the momentum of the truck?. PROBLEM 2. What velocity must a car with a mass of 1210 kg have in order to have the same momentum as the pickup truck?. PROBLEM 3. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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PROBLEM 1PROBLEM 1
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A 2250 kg pickup truck has a velocity A 2250 kg pickup truck has a velocity of 25 m/s to the east. What is the of 25 m/s to the east. What is the momentum of the truck?momentum of the truck?
PROBLEM 2PROBLEM 2
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What velocity must a car with a mass What velocity must a car with a mass of 1210 kg have in order to have the of 1210 kg have in order to have the same momentum as the pickup truck?same momentum as the pickup truck?
A baseball of mass 0.14 kg is moving at 35 m/s. A) Find the momentum of the baseball.
B) Find the velocity of a bowling ball, mass 7.26 kg, would have if its momentum is the same as the baseball.
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A compact car, mass 725 kg, is moving at 60 m/s. A) Find its momentum. B) At what velocity is the momentum of a larger car, mass 2175 kg, equal to that of the smaller car?
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A snowmobile has a mass of 250 kg. A constant force is exerted on it for 60 s. The snowmobile’s initial velocity is 6 m/s and its final velocity is 28 m/s. A) what is the change in momentum? B) what is the magnitude of the force exerted?
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The brakes exerted a 640 N force on a car weighing 15689 N and moving at 20 m/s. The car finally stops. A) What is the car’s mass? B) What is the car’s initial momentum? C) What is the change in the car’s momentum?D) How long does the braking force act on the car to bring it to a halt?
PROBLEM 6PROBLEM 6
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PROBLEM 7PROBLEM 7
Which has the greater momentum: a 145 g baseball traveling at 40 m/s or 45 g golf ball traveling at 67 m/s?
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PROBLEM 8PROBLEM 8
A force of 540 N is used to stop anobject with a mass of 65 kg moving at175 m/s. How long will it take to bringthe object to a full stop?
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PROBLEM 9PROBLEM 9
In hitting a stationary hockey puckhaving a mass of 180g, a hockeyplayer gives the puck an impulse of6 N*s. At what speed will the puck movetoward the goal?
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PROBLEM 10PROBLEM 10
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Glider A of mass .355 kg moves along a frictionless air track with a velocity of .095 m/s. It collides with a glider B of mass .710 kg moving in the same direction at a speed of .045 m/s. After collision glider A continues in the same direction with a velocity of .035 m/s. What is the velocity of glider B after collision?
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A .105 kg hockey puck moving at 48m/s is caught by a 75kg goalie at rest. With what speed does the goalie slide on the ice?
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A 35 g bullet strikes a 5 kg stationary wooden block and embeds itself in the block. The block and the bullet fly off together at 8.6m/s. What is the original velocity of the bullet?
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A 35 g bullet moving at 475m/s strikes a 2.5 kg wooden block. The bullet passes through the block, leaving at 275 m/s. The block was at rest when it was hit. How fast is it moving when the bullet leaves ?
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An astronaut at rest in space with mass 84kg fires a thruster that expels 35g of hot gas at 875m/s. What is the velocity of the astronaut after the firing shot?
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A 4 kg model rocket is launched, shooting 50g fuel from its exhaust at an average velocity of 625 m/s. What is the velocity of the rocket after the fuel has burned? (Ignore effects of gravity and air resistance)
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Two campers dock a canoe. One camper steps on the dock. This camper has a mass of 80 kg and moves forward at 4 m/s. With what speed and direction do the canoe and the other camper move if their combined mass is 110 kg?
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Two students on roller skates stand face to face, then push each other away. One student has a mass of 90 kg, the other 60 kg. Find the ratio of their velocities just after their hands lose contact. Which student has the greater speed?
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PROBLEM 19PROBLEM 19
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PROBLEM 20PROBLEM 20
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PROBLEM 21PROBLEM 21
A 5g bullet is fired with a A 5g bullet is fired with a velocity of 100 m/s toward a velocity of 100 m/s toward a 10 kg stationary solid lock 10 kg stationary solid lock resting on a frictionless resting on a frictionless surface. What is the change surface. What is the change in momentum of the bullet if in momentum of the bullet if it becomes embedded in the it becomes embedded in the block?block?
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PROBLEM 22PROBLEM 22
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PROBLEM 23PROBLEM 23
In a particular car test, a 1.50 x 10In a particular car test, a 1.50 x 1033 kg kg automobile collides with a wall. automobile collides with a wall. The initial and final velocities of the The initial and final velocities of the automobile are –15 m/s and 2.6 automobile are –15 m/s and 2.6 m/s respectively. If the collision m/s respectively. If the collision lasts for 0.150s, find the impulse lasts for 0.150s, find the impulse due to collision and the average due to collision and the average force exerted on the automobile.force exerted on the automobile.
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