Sample Problem 1

Conservation of MomentumIts the Law!Momentum is neither created nor destroyed, only transferred from one object to another ORThe total momentum of a closed system is a constant ORpi = pfStart with pi = pfFor each side, include a term for each separate object Each term is mv use subscripts to tell them apart Sample Problem 1A bullet of mass 0.050 kg leaves the muzzle of a gun of mass 4.0 kg with a velocity of 400 m/s. What is the recoil velocity of the gun?

Sample Problem 1 Solutionmvbgi=mvbf+mvgf0=(.050kg)(400m/s)+(4.0kg)vgfvgf= -5.0 m/sSample Problem 2A model railroad engine of mass 1.0 kg and a speed of 2.0 m/s collides with an identical engine which is at rest. On colliding, the two engines lock together and move away. What is the velocity of the two after the collision?

Sample Problem 2 SolutionmvAi+mvBi=mvABf(1.0kg)(2.0m/s)+0=(1.0 kg+1.0 kg)vABfvABf=1.0m/sSample Problem 3A skater with a mass of 60.0 kg is moving at 3.0 m/s to the right. Another skater of mass 40.0 kg is moving at 4.0 m/s to the left (negative 4.0 m/s). They collide and grab onto each other for support. What is their velocity and direction after the collision?

Sample Problem 3 SolutionmvAi+mvBi=mvABf(60.0kg)(3.0m/s)+(40.0kg)(-4.0m/s) =(60.0 kg + 40.0 kg) vABfvABf=.20m/s (right)Sample Problem 4A 25.0 kg cart moves to the right at 5.00 m/s. It overtakes and collides with a 35.0 kg cart moving to the right at 2.00 m/s. After the elastic collision, the 25.0 kg cart slows to 1.50 m/s. What is the final velocity of the 35.0 kg cart?Sample Problem 4 solutionmvai + mvbi = mvaf + mvbf(25.0kg)(5.00m/s) + (35.0kg)(2.00m/s) = (25.0kg)(1.50m/s) + (35.0kg)vbf195 kgm/s = 37.5 kgm/s + (35.0kg)vbfvbf = 4.5 m/sSample Problem 5A bomb with a mass of 8.0 kg explodes and breaks into two large fragments. The first piece has a mass of 3.0 kg and moves to the left at 10.0 m/s. How fast must the other piece be moving?

Sample Problem 5 SolutionmvABi=mvAf+mvBf0=(3.0kg)(-10.0m/s)+(5.0kg)(vB)vBf=6.0m/sSample Problem 6A lumberjack standing on a log floating in calm water, begins to walk along the log toward the east at 1.5 m/s. The lumberjack has a mass of 85 kg (and hes okay, for all you Monty Python fans), and the log has a mass of 145 kg. How fast will the log move?

Sample Problem 6 SolutionmvABi=mvAf+mvBf0=(85kg)(1.5m/s)+(145kg)vBfvBf= -.879m/s (west)Sample Problem 7During a snowball fight, a little girl of mass 14.6 kg is moving across nearly frictionless ice at 3.0 m/s when a 0.40 kg snowball moving at 15 m/s hits her in the back and sticks. How fast is she now moving along the ice?

Sample Problem 7 SolutionmvAi+mvBi=mvABf(14.6kg)(3.0m/s)+(.40kg)(15m/s)=(14.6 + 0.40 kg)vABfvABf=3.3m/sSample Problem 8At the ice show, a 75 kg clown is skating along at 3.0 m/s to the right while holding a 25 kg clown in his arms. He suddenly throws the little clown ahead of him. After the toss, the big clown is now moving at -1.0 m/s (that is, to the left). How fast is the little clown skating along the ice?Sample Problem 8 SolutionmvABi=mvAf+mvBf(75 kg + 25 kg)(3.0m/s)=(75kg)(-1.0m/s)+(25kg) vBf375kgm/s=25kg vBfvBf=15m/sBack to Unit 5 againNewtons 3rd Law every action force has an equal and opposite reaction forceThats another way of saying conservation of momentum:mvai + mvbi = mvaf + mvbfmvai - mvaf = mvbf mvbi-pa = pb-Fta = Ftb-Fa = Fb the forces are equal and opposite!

Elastic and Inelastic CollisionsPerfectly elastic collisions collisions in which the objects rebound perfectly with no loss of EKIdeal situation!Perfectly inelastic collisions the objects stick together always some EK loss because of shape change

Most CollisionsAre somewhere in between the objects dont stick, but they dont bounce off perfectly eitherCoefficient of restitution helps quantify how elastic the collision is