Name Date Period Worksheet: Conservation of Momentum CHAPTER 8: Momentum Directions: Answer the following questions concerning the conservation of momentum using the equations below. Show all of you work to receive credit p=nv Ft=A(my) impulse = FAt Prefore = Papier net momentum before = net Momentum ater (my, + Myo) sefore = (my, + MV) aner 1. When these two freight cars of different mass collide and couple, what will be their resultant ? G velocity? mvt Vo= (M4m)Vz 1 ton = 907.85 % 10Tons 30 Tons some ffonzI000k a : assime 1 ten= 1000, top) + 30 000(0) = (40000) 5 J oa J cue 40000 ky w.- 40 000k gy Vs V3 = lax 2. A2.kg blob of putty moving at 4 m/s slams into a 6 kg blob of putty at rest. What is the speed of the two stuck-together blobs immediately after colliding? ao Coke 2 ka (Ame) + OO = (244g V2 2ko UW at vest y “ Blame BE Vy V3e | m/s 3. A football player runs at 8 m/s and plows into a 80 kg referee standing on the field causing the referee to fly forward at 5.0 mis, If this,were a perfectly elastic collision, what would the . mass of football playerbe? we Mave fo BSSvme Y= for agen after ol Iision Phelere= Pathe mV, 4+ MeVa= MrT + MV "mG Fe Iv | omg (om) 2 Ga) 4 greta Eth, +@ngXSe) § m (8) = YOO m= SOKy4, Assuming that this is a perfect inelastic BEFORE AFTER collision, calculate the velocity after the collision in the example below. so mesos _ MnVie M2Vo= (m +m) V3 6 m/s FE modo kg Boe) + {ys {mesons “" ¥=0 m/s 4480 Kyo. q__—_ eS 5. A large locomotive with a mass 4 times that of the smaller motionless railroad car collides and couples together. What is their combined speed after the collision? f. \\ pe V4 mMevz= (em) V3 — BEFORE (eg 4a) (Wa ¥O}= we +g V3 MTT es al em a kot ) Vz < 1/22 AFTER In motion at the same speed am m 6. A 2.0 kg mass is moving on a frictionless airtrack. It collides into a motionless 1.5 kg mass. What is the the combined speed of the two masses if they stick together on impact? OVi4 M2Vo Gmatm a) V3 (2X18) 4 (SHOE (2445) V3 3 = 35 Vp N= 4B6% 7. A 1000 kg car is rolling down the street at 2.5 m/s. How fast would a 2500 kg car have to patter collide into it in order to bring it to rest (O m/s)? p bofirre ne il? 7 ve stop8. A railroad car slams into another railroad car and couples together. What is the combined nee of ti saris cars after the collision? Gon wales 400044200) \)- 9000 <= 10000V5 Vas B22 9. Two blocks moving in opposite directions collide and stick together alter the collision. What is their combined speed after the colision? ys sa 4m RIE AGS = = oe A -2= 3Y3 [x] [2+] o=3\3 Va- 2s 10. An explosion causes the cars to move apart from each other. According to the diagram below, what is the speed of each of the cars as they move away from each other? etre explsion Aer explosion tet ele) Leet ale fe "0! p tothe eR =70 0 the right = 20 total prol-0 Sinco they have same mars thy nove away feeb adt other the sure spree 11. A 3000-kg truck moving rightward with a speed of 5 km/hr colli -on with a 1000-kg car moving leftward with a speed of 10 km/hr. The two vehidles stick togetherand move with the same velocity after the collision. Determine the post-collision sp ind a “thr. hs okm y 005 r 138 \o (3 OD) = 9,78 (3000{(1-38)}- (oD e-70)= (30004 1000 %\(B)12. During a goatline stand, a 75-kg fullback moving eastward with a speed of 10 m/s collides head-on with a 100-kg lineman moving westward with a speed of 4 m/s. The two players collide and stick together, moving at the same velocity after the collision. Determine the the post- collision velocity of the two players. 13. Calculate the velocity of the rifles recoil after firing. Me 4ke 1 m=0010 ke —_ ——- r 300 mys ball after the elastic collision below? Ater ve? mls 15. A 6000 kg railroad car moving at 5 m/s va.b 2 collides into a stationary car with a mass of 4000 Es a kg. I they couple together after the collision, - E what will be their combined velocity immediately after impact? v=?ms