Momentum, Impulse, Collision Review

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1. A large truck collides with a small car. Which experiences a greater force? Explain. a. The same force 2. Is it possible for a small car and a large truck to have the same momentum? Explain how. a. Yes. The small car would need a larger velocity 3. Is it true that an object that hits and sticks produces a larger impulse than an object that hits and bounces? a. No an object that bounces has a greater change in velocity, which means a greater change in momentum and therefore a greater impulse

4. Is it true that for the same impulse, if you double the force, the time is doubled? Explain a. No the time would be cut in half 5. Is it true that airbags and seatbelts reduce the impulse in collisions? Explain a. No. seatbelts increase the time of collision, which decreases the force but impulse remains the same 6. What is needed in order to change an objects momentum? Force 7. Changing the time of collision will change which of the following: impulse, momentum, force. Explain. Changing the time will change the force only 8. A railroad diesel engine with a mass of 12,000 kg collides and sticks to a freight car of mass 3000 kg. If the diesel engine coasts 5 km/h into the freight car that is at rest, how fast do the two coast after they stick together? What type of collision is this?

Answer = +1.4

9. A cue ball (the white billiard ball) of mass .3 kg and velocity 2 m/s collides with the 8 ball that is at rest. After the collision, the cue ball has a velocity of .5 m/s. If the mass of the 8 ball is .25 kg how fast is the 8 ball traveling after being hit? What type of collision is this? Answer = elastic, +1.8

10. If a 5-kg object experiences a 10-N force for a duration of 0.10-second, then what is the momentum change of the object? Answer = 1 11. A 5-N force is applied to a 3-kg ball to change its velocity from +9 m/s to +3 m/s. This impulse causes the momentum change of the ball to be ____ kgm/s Answer = -18

12. A 0.5-kg ball moving at 5 m/s strikes a wall and rebounds in the opposite direction with a speed of 2 m/ s. If the impulse occurs for a time duration of 0.01 s, then the average force (magnitude only) acting upon the ball is ____ Newtons. Answer = -350 13. In a physics lab, a 0.500-kg cart moving at 36.4 cm/s collides inelastically with a second

cart which is initially at rest. The two carts move together with a speed of 21.8 cm/s after the collision. Determine the mass of the second cart. Answer = 0.3348
14. Consider the head-on collision between a lady bug and the windshield of a high speed bus. Which of the following statements are true? List all that apply. a. The magnitude of the force encountered by the bug is greater than that of the bus. b. The magnitude of the impulse encountered by the bug is greater than that of the bus. c. The magnitude of the momentum change encountered by the bug is greater than that of the bus. d. The magnitude of the velocity change encountered by the bug is greater than that of the bus. e. The magnitude of the acceleration encountered by the bug is greater than that of the bus. 15. A 0.530-kg basketball hits a wall head-on with a forward speed of 18.0 m/s. It rebounds with a speed of 13.5 m/s. The contact time is 0.100 seconds. (a) determine the impulse with the wall, (b) determine the force of the wall on the ball Answer = I = -16.695 and F = -166.95