2 Mechanics
2.4 Momentum and impulse
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Momentum and impulse questions
1 An 1800 kg car accelerates from rest at 3.6 ms–2 for 11 seconds. What impulse did it gain?
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2 A 0.006 kg bullet travelling at 360 ms–1 embeds itself in a stationary 5.2 kg block of wood. What is the
combined velocity of the bullet-wood combination after the collision?
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3 A 4.0 kg object moving at 6.0 ms–1 catches a 3.0 kg object moving at 1.0 ms–1 in the same direction. After the
collision the 4.0 kg object has slowed down to 4.0 ms–1. What is the velocity of the 3.0 kg object just after the
collision?
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4 A 57 kg object at rest reacts chemically and breaks into two parts. A 34 kg piece moves at 1.2 ms–1 to the left.
What is the size and velocity of the other piece?
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5 A 60.0 kg boy standing on a 5.0 kg skateboard is holding two identical rocks each of mass 3.0 kg. He throws
them both in front of himself at the same time with a velocity of 4.0 ms–1 with respect to the skateboard.
Determine the final velocity of the boy if friction is ignored.
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