Marvin M.

Angeles April 28, 2023

BSCHE-1 / M9
PHYS132 Assignment
I. Conversion and Dimensional Analysis

1. Convert 10.0 g-cm3/s2 to kg-m3/hr2.

2. The total amount of fresh water on earth is estimated to be 3.73 x 1030 km3. What is this volume in cubic
meters? In liters?

3. The ideal gas constant was experimentally found to be 8.3 J/(K-mol). At a temperature of 300 K, how
much energy (in J) would a sample of 48 x 1030 atoms of water contain?

4. Winnipeg is refilling the pool. How many gallons of water will it take if the pool is 50m by 25m by 1.5m? (1
gallon = 3.786 L)
II. Momentum and Impulse

1. One 110 kg football lineman is running to the right at 2.75 m/s while another 125 kg lineman is running
directly toward him at 2.60 m/s.
What is:
a) the magnitude and direction of the net (total) momentum of these two athletes?

b) their total kinetic energy?

2. A pitcher claims he can throw a 0.145-kg baseball with as much momentum as a 3.00-g bullet moving
with a speed of 1.5 x 103 m/s.
(a) What must the baseball’s speed be if the pitcher’s claim is valid?

(b) Which has greater kinetic energy, the ball or the bullet?
3. A 2.00 kg stone is sliding to the right on a frictionless, horizontal surface at 5.00 m/s when it is suddenly
struck by an object that exerts a large horizontal force on it for a short period of time. What impulse does
this force exert on the stone?

SI unit of impulse is kg·m/s or N·s