Chapter 11: Answers to Stop to Think Questions and Odd-Numbered Exercises and Problems

Stop to Think Questions

  1. 1. f. The cart is initially moving in the negative x-direction, so pix=−20 kg m/s. After it bounces, pfx=−10 kg m/s. Thus Δp=(10 kg m/s)− (−20 kg m/s)=30 kg m/s.

  2. 2. b. The clay ball goes from vix=v to vfx=0, so Jclay=Δpx=−mv. The rubber ball rebounds, going from vix=v to vfx=−v (same speed, opposite direction). Thus Jrubber=Δpx=−2mv. The rubber ball has a larger momentum change, and this requires a larger impulse.

  3. 3. Less than. The ball’s momentum mBvB 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. 4. c. Momentum conservation requires (m1+m2)×vf=m1v1+m2v2. Because v1>v2, it must be that (m1+m2)×vf=m1v1+m2v2>m1v2+m2v2=(m1+m2)v2. Thus vf>v2. Similarly, v2<v1, so (m1+m2)vf=m1v1+m2v2<m1v1+m2v1=(m1+m2)v1. Thus vf<v1. The collision causes m1 to slow down and m2 to speed up

  5. 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 −2v, has momentum −8v. The combined momentum of these two pieces is −2v. In order for P to be zero, the third piece must have a positive momentum (+2v) and thus a positive velocity.

  6. 6. e. Momentum is conserved, so the total momentum of the two pieces must be the initial 2î kg m/s. p⃗1=2ĵ kg m/s, so p⃗2 has to be (2î−2ĵ) kg m/s.

Exercises and Problems

  1. 1. 75 m/s

  2. 3. 3 kg m/s î

  3. 5. 1.0×103 N

  4. 7. 80 m/s to the left

  5. 9. −0.50 m/s î

  6. 11.

    1. 4500 N

    2. 2.3×104 kg m/s î

    3. 2.3×104 kg m/s î

    4. 15 m/s

  7. 13. 0.2 s

  8. 15. 4.8 m/s

  9. 17. v0

  10. 19. 3.2×102 m/s

  11. 21. 7.6 cm in the direction Brutus was running

  12. 23. 0.86 m/s, 2.9 m/s

  13. 25.

    1. 0.048v0

    2. 95%

  14. 27. 0.20 m/s

  15. 29. 13 s

  16. 31. −3 kg m/s î+6 kg m/s ĵ

  17. 33.

    1. 12 s

    2. 42° north of west

  18. 35. 1800 m/s

  19. 37. 1000 m/s

  20. 39.

    1. 6.4 m/s

    2. Favg=612(FG)B

  21. 41. 9.3×102 N

  22. 43. 12t N

  23. 45.

    1. 6.7×10−8 m/s

    2. 2.2×10−10%

  24. 47. 31.5 m/s

  25. 49.

    1. vbullet=m+Mm2μkgd

    2. 4.4×102 m/s

  26. 51. 4.0×102 m

  27. 53. 99.98 m/s, downward

  28. 55. 1.5 m/s

  29. 57.

    1. vm=m+Mm4gL

    2. vm=m+M2m4gL

  30. 59. 20 m/s downward

  31. 61. 16 m/s

  32. 63. 1.2 km/s

  33. 65. 0.54 m/s

  34. 67. Ball A: 5.0 m/s, ball B: 13 m/s, both to the right

  35. 69.

    1. −1.4×10−22 kg m/s

    2. and c. −1.4×10−22 kg m/s in the direction of the electron

  36. 71.

    1. 0.90 m/s, 45° opposite the initial direction

    2. 23%

  37. 73. 4.2 m/s, 17° above the +x-axis

  38. 75.

    1. 3200 m/s

    2. 4200 m/s

  39. 81. 5.7 m/s

  40. 83. 7.9 m/s

  41. 85.

    1. vmax=vexln(mR+mF0mR)−gR (m0−mR)=vexln(mR+mF0mR)−gR (mF0)

    2. 6900 m/s, 4500 m/s