2.
4.a) Figure 5 and 6 below show how two students, P and Q take the reading from a
measuring cylinder.
a) Calculate
i. velocity of trolley A before collision
ii. velocity of trolley A and B after collision
b) The momentum of the trolleys after collision is 12kgms-1. What is the total mass
of the trolleys?
c) Find the mass of
i. Trolley A
ii. Trolley B
16. A trolley of mass 250g is moving with a velocity of 5ms -1. It collides inelastically
with another trolley of mass 300g which is moving with a velocity 8 ms -1 in the
opposite direction.
a) What is meant by the term inelastic collision?
b) Calculate the velocity of the trolleys after collision.
c) What is the difference between the total momentum of the system before and after
the collision?
d) State the principle of conservation of momentum.
17. Diagram below shows a 2 kg gun moves backward at a velocity, v ms -1, when
0.05kg bullet is fired from it at a velocity of 50 ms-1.
18. Diagram shows a man standing on a stationary boat. He then jumps out of the boat
onto the jetty. The boat moves away from the jetty as he jumps.
a) State the physics principle that is involved in the movement of the boat as the man
jumps onto the jetty.
b) Explain why the boat moves away from the jetty when the man jumps.
c) The mass of the man is 50kg and he jumps at a velocity of 2 ms -1. The mass of the
boat is 20kg. Calculate the velocity of the boat as the man jumps.
d) Name one application of the physics principle stated in a) in the exploration of
outer space.
19. As shown in the diagram, a bullet of mass 50g is fired horizontally from a gun of
mass 2kg.
20. Diagram shows a lorry of mass 1200kg moving at the speed of 30ms -1 collides
with a car of mass 1000kg which is traveling in the opposite direction at 20ms -1.
After the collision, the two vehicles move together.