Conservation of Momentum

Problem Set
Two skaters collide and grab on to each other on frictionless
ice. One of them, of mass 70.0 kg, is moving to the right at
4.00 m/s, while the other, of mass 65.0 kg, is moving to the left at
2.50 m/s. What are the magnitude and direction of the velocity of
these skaters just after they collide?
A 15.0kg fish swimming at 1.10 m/s suddenly gobbles up a 4.50 kg
fish that is initially stationary. (a) Find the speed of the large fish just
after it eats the small one.
A 5000 kg open train car is rolling on frictionless rails at 22 m/s when it
starts pouring rain. A few minutes later, the car’s speed is 20 m/s. What
mass of water has collected in the car?
A 1050-kg sports car is moving
westbound at 15.0 m/s on a level road
when it collides with a 6320-kg truck
driving east on the same road at 10.0
m/s. The two vehicles remain locked
together after the collision.
(a) What is the velocity of the two
vehicles just after the collision?
(b) At what speed should the truck
have been moving so that both it
and the car are stopped in the
collision?
A 1 250-kg car traveling initially with a speed of 25.0 m/s in an easterly
direction crashes into the rear end of a 9 250-kg truck moving in the
same direction at 20.0 m/s The velocity of the car right after the
collision is 18.0 m/s to the east. (a) What is the velocity of the truck
right after the collision?
Squids rely on jet propulsion to move around. A 1.5 kg squid drifting at
0.40 m/s suddenly expels 0.10 kg of water backward to quickly get
itself moving forward at 2.5 m/s. With what speed relative to itself
does the squid eject the water?