Physics P Worksheet 9.

1 Momentum and Impulse

Worksheet
9.1 Momentum and Impulse
1. The momentum of a 3000 kg truck is 6.36 104 kgm/s. At what speed is the truck traveling?
2. A 0.40 kg object is moving on a frictionless surface with a speed of 30 m/s. A force of 2.0 N
is applied continually until the velocity of the object has been reversed. How long was the
force applied?
3. A 0.058kg golf ball is struck by a club that produces a force of 272 N and gives the ball a
velocity of 62 m/s. For how long was the club in contact with the ball?
4. A force of 186 N acts on a 7.3kg bowling ball for 0.40 s. What is the change in velocity of
the bowling ball?
5. Small rockets are used to make tiny corrections to the speed of a satellite. If a rocket has a
thrust of 35 N and is used to change the velocity of a 72000kg satellite by 63 cm/s, for how
long should it be fired?
6. A tennis player practices against a backboard, hitting the ball to the board with a speed of
22 m/s. The ball bounces straight back from the board with a speed of 19 m/s. The mass of
the ball is 55 g. What is the average force the wall exerts on the ball if the ball is in contact
with the board for 12.5 ms (0.0125 s)?
7. A force of 186 N acts on a 7.3kg bowling ball for 0.40 s.
a) What is the bowling balls change in momentum?
b) What is its change in velocity?
8. A 0.24kg volleyball approaches Tina with a velocity of 3.3 m/s. Tina bumps the ball, giving
it a speed of 2.4 m/s but in the opposite direction. What average force did she apply if the
interaction time between her hands and the ball was 0.025 s?
9. Before a collision, a 25kg object was moving at +11 m/s. Find the impulse that acted on the
object if, after the collision, it moved at the following velocities:
a) +8 m/s
b) 3 m/s
10. A nitrogen molecule with a mass of 4.7 10-26 kg, moving at 550 m/s, strikes the wall of a
container and bounces back at the same speed.
a) What is the impulse the molecule delivers to the wall?
b) If there are 1.5 1023 collisions each second, what is the average force on the wall?
Physics P Worksheet 9.1 Momentum and Impulse

1. p = mv
p
v=
m
6.36$ $10 4 $kgm/s2
v=
3000$kg
v = 21.2$m/s

2. p
F=
t
p
t =
F
p f pi
t =
F

t =
(
m v f vi )
F

t =
( )(
0.40$kg 30$m/s 30$m/s )
+$2.0$N
t = 12$s

3. p
F=
t
p
t =
F
p p
t = f i
F

t =
(
m v f vi )
F

t =
( )(
0.058%kg 62%m/s 0%m/s )
272%N
t = 0.013%s

4. p
F=
t
p = Ft
mv = Ft
Ft
v =
m

v =
( )(
186$N 0.40$s )
7.3$kg
v = 10$m/s
Physics P Worksheet 9.1 Momentum and Impulse

5. p
F=
t
p
t =
F
mv
t =
F

t =
(
72000$kg 0.63$m/s)( )
35$N
t = 1300$s

6. p
F=
t

F=
(
m v f vi )
t

F=
( )(
0.055$kg '19$m/s$'$22$m/s )
0.00125$s
F = '1800$N

7a. p
F=
t
p = Ft
( )(
p = 186$N 0.40$s )
p = 74$kgm/s

7b. p = mv
p
v =
m
74#kgm/s
v =
7.3#kg
v = 10#m/s

8. p
F=
t

F=
(
m v f vi )
t

F=
( )(
0.24%kg (2.4%m/s%(%3.3%m/s )
0.025%s
F = (55%N
Physics P Worksheet 9.1 Momentum and Impulse

9a. p = mv
(
p = m v f v i )
( )(
p = 25#kg 8#m/s#*#11#m/s )
p = *75#kgm/s

9b. p = mv
(
p = m v f v i )
( )(
p = 25#kg &3#m/s#&#11#m/s )
p = &350#kgm/s

10a. p = mv
(
p = m v f v i )
( )(
p = 4.7$ $10 26 $kg +550$m/s$+$550$m/s )
23
p = +5.2$ $10 $kgm/s

10b. If there are 1.5 1023 collisions per second then each collision lasts an average of
1/1.5 1023 s.

p
F=
t
5.2$ $10'23 $kgm/s
F=
6.7$ $10 24 $s
F = 7.8$N