Chapter 4

(4.2 Momentum and Impulse )

6. The average net force F=1.00×104 N exerts on a 2.00 kg shell in a gun barrel, and the
shell's velocity as it exits the gun barrel is 200m/s. Calculate (a) the impulse on the shell. (b)
the length of time it takes for the shell to exit the heavy gun barrel.
answer:
(a) I=mv-0=400N·s
(b) I=Ft t=0.04s

8. A 0.20kg ball, thrown with a speed of 30m/s, is hit straight back at the wall with a speed of
20m/s. (a) What is the impulse delivered by the wall to the ball? (b) Find the magnitude of
the average force exerted by the wall on the ball if the two are in contact for 0.0020 s.
answer:
(a) I=m(v2-v1) =0.20kg·[20m/s-(-30m/s)]=10N·s
(b) I=Ft F=5000N

9. A 70kg man and a 50 kg woman on ice skates stand facing each other. If the woman
pushes the man backwards so that his final speed is 1.5m/s, at what speed dose she recoil?
answer:
m1v1-m2v2=0 v2=2.1m/s

10. A rifle with a weight of 30 N fires a 5.5 g bullet with a speed of 240m/s. Find the recoil
speed of the rifle.
answer:
G1=m1g m1=3kg
5.5g=0.0055kg
m1v1-m2v2=0 v1=0.44m/s

(4.3 Collisions)
11. A car and a large truck traveling at the same speed collide head-on and stick together. Which
vehicle experiences the smaller change in the magnitude of its momentum? (a) the car, (b) the
truck, (c) the change in the magnitude of momentum is the same for both, (d) impossible to
determine.
answer: (c)

12. A 2.0kg object moving to the right at 20m/s overtakes and collides elastically with a 1.0 kg
object moving in the direction at 15m/s. Find the velocity of each object after the collision.
answer:
m01v01+m02v02=m11v11+m12v12
1/2m01v012+1/2m02v022=1/2m11v112+1/2m12v122
v11=16.7m/s v12=21.7m/s
13. A box of mass m moves to the right with the speed of 2v. It collides head-on with another box
of mass 2m moving with speed v in the opposite direction. If the two object stick together, what
is the speed of the combined object after the collision?
(a) 0 (b) v/2 (c) v (d) 2v
answer: (a)
m·2v-2m·v=(m+2m)·vf