Work, Energy and Momentum Notes

4- Momentum in 2D
Example1: A 750 kg car travelling at 21 m/s west collides with a 680 kg car travelling at 18 m/s south. If the
two cars become entwined, what is their total final velocity?

Example 2: A 4.0 kg bowling ball is moving at an unknown velocity when it collides with a 6.1 kg bowling
ball at rest. After the collision, the 4.0 kg bowling ball is travelling at a velocity of 1.8 m/s 32° N of E and
the 6.1 kg bowling ball is travelling at a velocity of 1.5 m/s 41° S of E. What was the initial velocity of the
4.0 bowling ball?

Component Method:

Vector addition:

Example 3: Billiard ball A moving with speed 𝑉 = 3.0 𝑚/s in the +x direction strikes an equal-mass ball B
initially at rest. The two balls are observed to move off at 45° to the x axis, ball A above the x axis and ball
B below. What are the speeds of the two balls after the collision? (𝑣 ′ = 𝑣 ′ = 2.1𝑚/𝑠)
Ex.4 A 5.00 kg mass has an initial velocity of 3.00 m/s north. In a time of 2.43 s its velocity changed to 4.00
m/s East.
a) What was the impulse of the mass? ( 25.0 Nm 36.9° S of E)
b) What average force acted on the mass over its momentum change? ( 10.3 N 36.9° S of E)

Ex. 5 An airplane (m= 3.50 × 10 𝑘𝑔) had an initial velocity of 400km/h north. A net force of 2.48 × 10
N 71° 𝐸 𝑜𝑓 𝑆, acted on the plane for a time of 3.00 minutes. What was the final velocity (in km/h) of the
plane? ( 501 km/h 30.0° 𝑁 𝑜𝑓 𝐸 )

Ex. 6 A 2.00kg object was initially travelling east at 10.0 m/s and collided with a stationary 8.00 kg mass.
After the collision the 2.00 kg mass had velocity of 5.00 m/s 30° 𝑁 𝑜𝑓 𝐸. What was the velocity of the
8.00 kg mass after the collision? (𝑣 = 4.39 𝑚/𝑠 16.9° 𝑆 𝑜𝑓 𝐸 )