F OR CE , M OT IO N, A N D

ENERGY
SCIENCE 9
 OBJECTIVES
• RELATE IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM TO COLLISION OF OBJECTS
• ANALYZE FACTORS REQUIRED TO PRODUCE A CHANGE IN MOMENTUM.
• INFER THAT THE TOTAL MOMENTUMS BEFORE AND AFTER COLLISION ARE EQUAL.
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IMPULSE AND MOMENTUM
•THE MOMENTUM OF AN OBJECT P IS DEFINED AS PRODUCT OF ITS
MASS M AND VELOCITY V: P=MV
•THIS QUANTITY IS REFERRED TO AS LINEAR MOMENTUM
BECAUSE THE OBJECT TENDS TO MOVE IN A STRAIGHT LINE. IT IS
A VECTOR QUANTITY WHICH ADAPTS TO THE DIRECTION OF
VELOCITY. THE SI UNIT OF MOMENTUM IS 1KG-M/S.
WHAT IS THE MOMENTUM OF A 22-KG GROCERY
CART WHICH TRAVELS WITH A VELOCITY OF 1.2
M/S TO THE RIGHT?
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 1
COMPUTE FOR THE
MOMENTUM OF A 7.2-KG
BOWLING BALL MOVING AT
9.0 M/S DOWN THE LANE.
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 2
HOW MUCH MOMENTUM
DOES A 15KG BLOCK HAS
WHEN IT HAS A VELOCITY
OF 8 M/S MOVING TO THE
EAST?
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 2
A 0.25 KG STEEL BALL IS TRAVELING TO
THE RIGHT WITH A VELOCITY OF 4.5 M/S
WHEN IT COLLIDES HEAD ON TO A 3.0KG
STEEL BALL TRAVELING LEFTWARD WITH
A VELOCITY OF 5 M/S. FIND THE
MOMENTUM OF THE 2 STEEL BALLS.
SAMPLE PROBLEM NO. 3
AFTER THE COLLISION OF THE 2 BALLS
IN SAMPLE NO.2, THE 0. 25KG BALL IS
NOW TRAVELING LEFT AT A VELOCITY
OF 2M/S. WHAT IS THE VELOCITY OF
THE 3.0 KG STEEL BALL?