pogue (tp23297) Momentum #2 - Impulse and Collisions klouda (20167)

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001 10.0 points
A 1600 kg car is moving westward with a
speed of 21 m/s, and a 2200 kg truck is traveling east with a speed of 8 m/s.
Find the velocity of the center of mass of
the system.
Answer in units of m/s.

9. acm = (266.667)
10. acm = (411.765)
003 10.0 points
A 7 kg steel ball strikes a wall with a speed
of 8.77 m/s at an angle of 59.4 with the
normal to the wall. It bounces off with the
same speed and angle, as shown in the figure.
y
/s

59.4

7 kg

x
6g
/s
7m

2g

59.4

7 kg

8. 7

y [m]

8. acm = (533.333)

7m

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

7. acm = (200)

8. 7

002 10.0 points

Three balls with masses of 6 g, 2 g and 8 g,
respectively, are connected by massless rods.
The balls are located (in meter intervals) as
in the figure. A horizontal force in the leftto-right direction (9 N) is applied to the 6 g
ball.

8g

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
x [m]
What is the acceleration of the center of
mass?
1. acm = (562.5 m/s2 )
2. acm = (214.286)
3. acm = (461.538)
4. acm = (153.846)
5. acm = (642.857)
6. acm = (500)

If the ball is in contact with the wall for

0.237 s, what is the magnitude of the average
force exerted on the ball by the wall?
Answer in units of N.
004 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
The force of magnitude Fx acting in the x
direction on a 2.7 kg particle varies in time as

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shown in the figure.

What is the average force that the man exerts

on the box while he is pushing it?
Answer in units of N.

Fx (N)
010 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
A(n) 14 g object moving to the right at
25 cm/s overtakes and collides elastically with
a 31 g object moving in the same direction at
14 cm/s.
Find the velocity of the slower object after
the collision.
Answer in units of cm/s.

9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0

t (s)
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Calculate the impulse of this force.

Answer in units of N s.
005 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
Before the force is applied (t <
0 on the above graph), the particle moves
along the x axis with velocity v1 = 4.3 m/s.
Find the velocity v2 of the particle after the
force stops acting on it (t > 7 s).
Answer in units of m/s.
006 (part 1 of 4) 10.0 points
A man pushes a 29 kg box across a frictionless
floor. The box is initially at rest. He initially
pushes on the box gently, but gradually increases his force so that the force he exerts on
the box varies in time as F = (8.3 N/s) t. After 3.7 s, he stops pushing the box. The force
is always exerted in the same direction.
What is the velocity of the box after 3.7 s?
Answer in units of m/s.

011 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points

Find the velocity of faster object after the
collision.
Answer in units of cm/s.
012 10.0 points
A(n) 14 g bullet is fired into a(n) 171 g block
of wood at rest on a horizontal surface and
stays inside. After impact, the block slides
11 m before coming to rest.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
If the coefficient of friction between the
surface and the block is 0.7, find the speed of
the bullet before impact.
Answer in units of m/s.
013 10.0 points
A 7 g bullet is fired into a 293 g block that
is initially at rest at the edge of a frictionless
table of height 1.4 m. The bullet remains in
the block, and after impact the block lands
2.4 m from the bottom of the table.

1.4 m

007 (part 2 of 4) 10.0 points

How far has the man pushed the box in 3.7 s?
Answer in units of m.
008 (part 3 of 4) 10.0 points
What is the average velocity of the box between 0 s and t?
Answer in units of m/s.
009 (part 4 of 4) 10.0 points

2.4 m

Find the initial speed of the bullet. The

acceleration due to gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
Answer in units of m/s.
014

10.0 points

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2.7 m/s

1. 1

Before

m/

NOTE: for this type of glancing elastic collision, the two angles after the collision add to
90 degrees. Ask me why in class.
A cue ball initially moving at 2.7 m/s strikes
a stationary eight ball of the same size and
mass. After the collision, the cue balls final
speed is 1.1 m/s .

instant it reaches an altitude of 1530 m and a

speed of 256 m/s, it explodes into three equal
fragments. One fragment continues to move
upward with a speed of 196 m/s following the
explosion. The second fragment has a speed
of 453 m/s and is moving east right after the
explosion.
What is the magnitude of the velocity of
the third fragment?
Answer in units of m/s.

After
Find the cue balls angle with respect to
its original line of motion. Consider this to
be an elastic collision (ignoring friction and
rotational motion).
Answer in units of .
015 10.0 points
Two ice skaters approach each other at right
angles. Skater A has a mass of 75 kg and
travels in the +x direction at 2.58 m/s. Skater
B has a mass of 38.2 kg and is moving in the
+y direction at 1.68 m/s. They collide and
cling together.
Find the final speed of the couple.
Answer in units of m/s.
016 10.0 points
Gayle runs at 3.93 m/s and dives on a sled,
initially at rest onto the top of a frictionless
snow covered hill. After she and the sled
have descended a vertical distance of 3.96 m,
her brother who is initially at rest hops on
her back and together they continue down the
hill.
The acceleration of gravity is 9.8 m/s2 .
What is their speed at the bottom if the
total vertical drop is 18.8 m? Gayles mass is
60 kg, the sleds is 5.57 kg and her brothers
is 17 kg.
Answer in units of m/s.
017 10.0 points
A rocket is fired vertically upward. At the

018 (part 1 of 3) 10.0 points

NOTE: for 13, you can not use the CM as we
did on the AP Problem in class. Since the two
objects land at different times, the ground
puts a net external force on the system, so the
CM can change!
A projectile of mass 7 kg is fired with an
initial speed of 129 m/s at an angle of 20 with
the horizontal. At the top of its trajectory,
the projectile explodes into two fragments of
masses 4 kg and 3 kg . The 3 kg fragment
lands on the ground directly below the point
of explosion 1.5 s after the explosion.
The acceleration due to gravity is
9.81 m/s2 .
Find the magnitude of the velocity of the
4 kg fragment immediatedly after the explosion.
Answer in units of m/s.
019 (part 2 of 3) 10.0 points
Find the distance between the point of firing
and the point at which the 4 kg fragment
strikes the ground.
Answer in units of km.
020 (part 3 of 3) 10.0 points
How much energy was released in the explosion?
Answer in units of kJ.
021 (part 1 of 2) 10.0 points
In the slingshot effect, the transfer of energy
in an elastic collision is used to boost the
energy of a space probe so that it can escape
from the solar system. All speeds are relative
to an inertial frame in which the center of the
sun remains at rest. A space probe moves at

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6.4 km/s toward Saturn, which is moving at
6.4 km/s toward the probe.
Because of the gravitational attraction between Saturn and the probe, the probe swings
around Saturn and heads back (nearly) in the
opposite direction with speed vf .
6.4 km/s
6.4 km/s
vf
Figure: The trajectory is a parabola.
Assuming this collision to be a onedimensional elastic collision with the mass of
Saturn much greater than that of the probe,
find vf .
Answer in units of km/s.
022 (part 2 of 2) 10.0 points
By what factor is the kinetic energy of the
probe increased?