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Date: ______________

Objective: Impulse-Momentum Review

Homework: Study for Test #5: Impulse-Momentum

AP Physics

Date ___________

Mr. Mirro

Impulse-Momentum Review

1. An object of mass 2 kg has a linear momentum of magnitude 6 kg m/s. What is this objects kinetic
energy ?
a) 3J

b) 6 J

c) 9 J

d) 12 J

e) 18 J

2. A ball of mass 0.5 kg, initially at rest acquires a speed of 4 m/s immediately after being kicked by a
force of strength 20 N. For how long did this force act on the ball ?
a) 0.01 s

b) 0.02 s

c) 0.1 s

d) 0.2 s

e) 1 s

3. A box with a mass of 2 kg accelerates in a straight line from 4 m/s to 8 m/s due to the application of a
force whose duration is 0.5 s. Find the average strength (magnitude) of this force.
a) 2 N

b) 4 N

c) 8 N

d) 12 N

e) 16 N

4. A ball of mass m traveling horizontally with velocity v strikes a massive vertical wall and rebounds
back along its original direction with no change in speed. What is the magnitude of the impulse
delivered by the wall to the ball ?
a) 0

b) mv

c) mv

d) 2mv

e) 4mv

5. Two objects, one of mass 3 kg and moving with a speed of 2 m/s and the other of mass 5 kg and speed
2 m/s, move toward each other and collide head-on. If the collision is perfectly inelastic, find the
common speed of the objects after the collision.
a) 0.25 m/s

b) 0.5 m/s

c) 0.75 m/s

d) 1 m/s

e) 2 m/s

6. How fast would a bullet of mass m need to travel to stop a block of mass M moving toward it at
velocity V as shown. Assume the collision is inelastic and the bullet becomes embedded inside the
block.
V
a)
mV
d) MV
(m + M)
m
m
M
b)
MV
e) (m + M)V
(m + M)
m
c) mV
M
7. A 2 kg mass moving with a velocity of 7 m/s collides elastically with a 4 kg mass moving in the
opposite direction at 4 m/s. The 2 kg mass reverses direction after the collision and has a new
velocity of 3 m/s. What is the new velocity of the 4 kg mass ?
a) -1 m/s

b) 1 m/s

c) 6 m/s

d) 4 m/s

e) 5 m/s

8. Two carts having masses 1.5 kg and 0.7 kg, respectively, are initially at rest and are held together
by a compressed massless spring as shown. When released, the 1.5 kg cart moves to the left with
a velocity of 7 m/s. What is the velocity and direction of the 0.7 kg cart ?
a) 15 m/s right

d) 7 m/s right

b) 15 m/s left

e) 0 m/s

1.5 kg
0.7 kg

c) 7 m/s left

System initially compressed and at rest

9. A 1 kg object is moving with a velocity of 6 m/s to the right. It collides and sticks to a 2 kg object
moving with a velocity of 3 m/s in the same direction. How much kinetic energy was lost or
transformed in the collision ?
a) 1.5 J

b) 2 J

c) 2.5 J

d) 3 J

e) 0 J

10. What breaking force is supplied to a 3000 kg car traveling with a velocity of 35 m/s that is stopped in
12 s ?
a) 29,400 N

b) 3,000 N

c) 8,750 N

d) 105,000 N

e) 150 N

11. The ballistic pendulum is a device used to measure the velocity of a fast-moving projectile such as a
bullet. The bullet is fired into a large block of wood suspended from some light wires as shown.
The bullet is stopped by the block, and the entire system swings through the vertical distance y. It
is possible to obtain the initial velocity of the bullet by measuring the vertical distance and the two
masses.
Assuming the mass of the bullet measures mprojectile = 5 g = (?? kg), the mass of the pendulum
block measures Mblock = 1.0 kg and the vertical distance measures y = 5 cm = (?? m), use
conservation of momentum and energy to find the initial speed of the bullet.

v
y

12. Two billiard balls collide elastically as shown. Using Momentum Conservation,
a. Determine the horizontal component of the
velocity of ball 1.

ball 1

vo = 2 m/s

vf = ?
3
kg

65
3
kg
3
kg

vo = 1 m/s

5
kg

5
kg

40
5
kg

vf = 1.2 m/s

b. Determine the vertical component of the velocity of ball 1.

c. Compute the magnitude and direction of the velocity of ball 1 after the collision.