1. f. The cart is initially moving in the negative x-direction, so . After it bounces, . Thus .
2. b. The clay ball goes from to , so . The rubber ball rebounds, going from to (same speed, opposite direction). Thus . The rubber ball has a larger momentum change, and this requires a larger impulse.
3. Less than. The ball’s momentum is the same in both cases. Momentum is conserved, so the total momentum is the same after both collisions. The ball that rebounds from C has negative momentum, so C must have a larger momentum than A.
4. c. Momentum conservation requires . Because , it must be that . Thus . Similarly, , so . Thus . The collision causes to slow down and to speed up
5. Right end. The pieces started at rest, so the total momentum of the system is zero. It’s an isolated system, so the total momentum after the explosion is still zero. The 6 g piece has momentum 6v. The 4 g piece, with speed , has momentum . The combined momentum of these two pieces is . In order for to be zero, the third piece must have a positive momentum and thus a positive velocity.
6. e. Momentum is conserved, so the total momentum of the two pieces must be the initial . , so has to be .
1. 75 m/s
3.
5.
7. 80 m/s to the left
9.
11.
4500 N
15 m/s
13. 0.2 s
15. 4.8 m/s
17.
19.
21. 7.6 cm in the direction Brutus was running
23. 0.86 m/s, 2.9 m/s
25.
95%
27. 0.20 m/s
29. 13 s
31.
33.
12 s
north of west
35. 1800 m/s
37. 1000 m/s
39.
6.4 m/s
41.
43. 12t N
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47. 31.5 m/s
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51.
53. 99.98 m/s, downward
55. 1.5 m/s
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59. 20 m/s downward
61. 16 m/s
63. 1.2 km/s
65. 0.54 m/s
67. Ball A: 5.0 m/s, ball B: 13 m/s, both to the right
69.
and c. in the direction of the electron
71.
0.90 m/s, opposite the initial direction
23%
73. 4.2 m/s, above the
75.
3200 m/s
4200 m/s
81. 5.7 m/s
83. 7.9 m/s
85.
6900 m/s, 4500 m/s