Pn Haziah bt Awang Lah. Sekolah Sultan Alam Shah, Putrajaya.

2007

2.4 ANALISING MOMENTUM

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Momentum = mass x velovity

P = mv

Unit for momentum =

1. Drop two plasticine ball (same mass) from different heights onto the floor. What happens?

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2. Drop two different plasticine ball (different mass) from the same height. What happens?

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CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM

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After
Before m1u1 + m2u2 = m1v1 + m2v2 collision
collisio
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u2 collide v1 v2
u1
m2
m1 m1 m2

m1u1 m2u2 m1v1 m2v2

Momentum for Momentum Momentum for

Momentum for the second for the first the second
the first object object before object after object after
before collision collision collision collision

Types of collision :

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m1u1 + m2u2 = m1v1 + m2v2

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3. Explosion Common Misconception :

Momentum is conserved only
when collision is perfectly
elastic.

The truth :
Even in an inelastic collision,
the net momentum before
collision is equal to the net
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SOLVING PROBLEM :

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1. Hadi and Zaki are having a race. Hadi whose mass is 60 kg is running 35 ms-1. Zaki has a mass of
65 kg and run at speed 25 ms-1. Which boy has a greater amount of momentum?

2. White billiard ball of mass 100 g traveling at 2.0 ms-1 across a low friction billiard table has a head
on collision with a black ball of the same mass initially at rest. The white ball stops while the
black ball moves off. What is the velocity and the direction of the black ball?

3. A man of mass 70 kg step forward out of a boat and jump onto the nearby river bank with a
velocity of 2.5 ms-1 relative to the ground. The boat has a mass of 400 kg and was initially at rest.
With what velocity relative to the ground does the boat begin to move?

4. A space shuttle of mass 1000 kg initially at rest, burns 5.0 kg of fuel and oxygen in its rocket to
produce exhaust gasses ejected at a velocity of 6000 ms-1. Calculate the velocity that this exchange
will give to the space shuttle.

5. Figure below shows s frog of mass 200 g perching on a lotus leaf of mass 50 g.The frog jumps out
of the leaf onto the riverside with a velocity of 6.0 ms-1 as shown in the figure below.

(a) State the physics principle that can be applied on the movement of the leaf as the frog
jumps onto the riverside.

(b) Explain why the leaf moves away from the riverside when the frog jumps.

(c) Calculate the velocity of the leaf as the frog jumps.

(d) The movement of the frog and the leaf can be considered as a collision between two
objects. State the type of collision involved

(e) Name one application of the physics principle stated in (a) in a type of vehicle.

Quiz :
Quiz :
Will a large truck always have more momentum than
Will a large truck always have more momentum than
a roller skate ?
a roller skate ?
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Physics Cookies :

The momentum before firing is zero. After firing, the net momentum of the
cannon is equal and opposite to the momentum of the cannonball.

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