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1. Define Momentum

2. Define Impulse

3. State Impulse-Momentum
Theorem

4. State the principle of

conservation of linear
Momentum

5. State condition for elastic

collision

6. State condition for inelastic

collision

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1. A 0.20 kg tennis ball strikes the wall horizontally with a speed of 100 m s-1 and it
bounces off with a speed of 70 m s-1 in the opposite direction.

a. Calculate the magnitude of impulse delivered to the ball by the wall,

b. If the ball is in contact with the wall for 10 ms, determine the magnitude of average
force exerted by the wall on the ball.

Answer: 34N s; 3400N

2. A 15.0 g bullet moving at 250 m s-1 strikes a log. Assume that the bullet undergoes
uniform deceleration and stops in 10.0 cm. Find

a. the time taken for the bullet to stop

b. the impulse on the log
c. the average force experienced by the log

Answer: (a) 8×10-4 s ; (b) 3.75 N s ; (c) 4687.5 N

3. An object of mass 5 kg which is initially at rest is acted upon by a force F that varies
with time as shown in figure below. What is the velocity of the object after 8 s?

Answer: 10 m s-1

4.

An instructor fires a pistol of mass 2.00 kg. If the bullet weighs 20 g and it reaches a
velocity of 150 m s-1 after shooting, determine the recoil velocity of pistol.

Answer: 1.5 m s-1

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5.

The figure shows a boy of 50 kg jumping off a boat at a velocity of 5 m s-1 and lands on
the jetty. If the mass of the boat is 200 kg, determine the velocity of the boat.

Answer: 1.25 m s-1

6. A bullet of mass 2.0 g strikes a metal block of mass 3.0 kg suspended freely on a string.
The bullet rebounds in the opposite direction at a speed of 250 m s-1 and the block
starts to move at a speed of 0.50 m s-1. Determine the initial speed of the bullet.

Answer: 500 m s-1

7. A bullet of mass 5.0 g strikes a stationary object of mass 1.0 kg. The bullet pierces
through the object and emerges with a speed of 10 m s-1. The object has a speed of
1.0 m s-1. Determine the velocity of the bullet before it strikes the object.

Answer: 210 m s-1

8. A bullet of mass 20 g moving horizontally at 100 m s-1 embeds itself in a stationary

wooden block of mass 1 kg. Determine the final velocity of the block and the bullet.

Answer: 1.96 m s-1

9. An object A of mass 2.0 kg moves to the right at a speed of 5.0 m s-1. Object B of mass
4.0 kg moves to the left at a speed of 8.0 m s-1. Determine the velocity of A and B after
the collision, assuming that the collision is elastic.

Answer: vA = ‒12.3 m s-1, vB = 0.67 m s-1

10. A ball moving with a speed of 17 m s-1 strikes an identical ball that is initially at rest.
After the collision, the incoming ball has been deviated by 45˚ from its original
direction, and the struck ball moves off at 30˚ from the original direction as shown in
figure below. Calculate the speed of each ball after the collision.

Answer: 8.80 m s-1; 12.4 m s-1

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