HOMEWORK: SET 8- LINEAR MOMENTUM & COLLISIONS:

1) A bullet with a mass of 0.005 kg and moving with a speed of 400 m/sec penetrates a distance of 0.08 m
into a wooden block firml attached to the earth. Assume that the force that stops it is constant. !se a
coordinate sstem for which the direction of the initial velocit is the positive "#direction. a) $hat is the
acceleration of the bullet% b) &he accelerating force% c) &he time of the acceleration% d) &he impulse of
the force% 'ompare the answer to part (d) with the initial momentum of the bullet.
Ans. a) )1 " 10
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m/sec
+
b) )5 " 10
,
- c) 4 " 10
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sec
+) An empt freight car with a mass of 10.000 kg rolls at 5.0 m/sec along a level track and collides with a
loaded car with a mass of +0.000 kg. standing at rest with the brakes released. /riction can be neglected.
0f the cars couple together. find their speed after the collision. $hat is the decrease in kinetic energ as a
result of the collision%
Ans. a) 1.*1 m/sec b) 8.,, " 10
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,) 3lock A in the figure has a mass of 1 kg and block 3 has
a mass of + kg. &he blocks are forced together. compressing
a spring between them. and the sstem is released from rest
on a level. frictionless surface. &he spring is not fastened to
either block and drops to the surface after it has e"panded.
B A
3lock 3 ac4uires a speed of 0.50 m/sec. a) $hat is the final speed of block A% b) 6ow much potential
energ was stored in the compressed spring%
Ans. a) 1.8 m/sec b) +.4, 2
4) A rifle bullet with a mass of 0.01 kg strikes and
embeds itself in a block of mass 0.55 kg. which rests on a
frictionless. hori7ontal surface and is attached to a coil
spring as shown. &he impact compressed the spring 10
cm. 'alibration of the spring shows that a force of 1.50
- is re4uired to compress the spring 1 cm. a) /ind the
magnitude of the velocit of the clock 8ust after impact.
b) $hat was the initial speed of the bullet%
10 cm
v
Ans. a) 1.++ m/sec b) 1++ m/sec
5) A 5 g bullet is fired hori7ontall into a +.0 kg wooden block resting on a hori7ontal surface. &he
coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and the surface is 0.+0 . &he bullet remains embedded in
the block. which is observed to slide 0.105 m along the surface before coming to rest. $hat was the initial
speed of the bullet%
Ans. +51 m/sec
*) &wo blocks make a head#on collision. &he mass of A is
twice that of 3. 0nitiall A is moving with a speed of +0
cm/sec and 3 with a speed of 10 cm/sec. After the collision
3 is moving in the opposite direction with a speed of 10
cm/sec. a) $hat is the velocit of A after the collision% b)
$as the collision elastic or inelastic (show all work)%
v
A i v
B i
A B
Ans. a) 10 cm/sec b) 0nelastic 9:
f
; 9:
i
1) A hocke puck 3 rests on a smooth ice surface and is struck b a
second puck A. which was originall traveling at +0 m/sec and which
is deflected ,0
0
from its original direction (see figure). Assume the
pucks have the same mass. a) 'ompute the speed of each puck after
the collision. b) $hat fraction of the original kinetic energ of puck
A is dissipated during the collision%
Ans. a) v
Af
< 14.*4 m/s= v
3f
< 10.,5 m/s= b) +0>
v
B f
v
A f
A
B
After 45
30
8) 3lock ?A? slides down a frictionless circular section of radius 18 cm
and makes a completel inelastic collision with ?3? which is initiall at
rest. 0f m
3
< + m
A
. to what height will the combination rise on the
right hand section.
Ans. + cm
A
B
R
5) @b8ect A traveling with a speed of +5 m/sec collides with ob8ect 3
which was initiall at rest. After the collision. the two ob8ects are
moving as shown. @b8ect ?3? has twice the mass of ?A?. a) Aetermine the
speeds of the two ob8ects after collision. b) $as the collision elastic or
inelastic% (show work).
Ans. a) v
Af
< 15 m/sec.= v
3f
< 10 m/sec. 3) 0nelastic 9:
f
; 9:
i
v
B f
v
A f
A
B
After
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10) A +0 kg pro8ectile is fired at an angle of *0
o
above the hori7ontal and with a mu77le velocit of 400
m/sec. At the highest point of its tra8ector the pro8ectile e"plodes into two pieces of e4ual mass= one of
which falls verticall. (a) 6ow far from the point of firing does the other fragment strike if the ground is
level% (b) 6ow much energ was released during the e"plosion%
Ans. a) ,,50 m b) *.4 " 10
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