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andrew11 [14]
3 years ago
12

A child of mass 25 kg is skating fast, +10 m/s, and tries to get revenge by colliding with the 60 kg adult who is sitting still.

After the collision, the adult goes forward at 6 m/s. What is the child's final velocity?
Physics
1 answer:
tankabanditka [31]3 years ago
4 0

Answer: -4.4 m/s

Explanation:

This problem can be solved by the Conservation of Momentum principle, which establishes that the initial momentum p_{o} must be equal to the final momentum p_{f}:

p_{o}=p_{f} (1)

Where:

p_{o}=m_{1}V_{o}+m_{2}U_{o} (2)

p_{f}=m_{1}V_{f}+m_{2}U_{f} (3)

m_{1}=25 kg is the mass of the child

V_{o}=10 m/s is the initial velocity of the child

m_{2}=60 kg is the mass of the adult

U_{o}=0 m/s is the initial velocity of the adult (it is sitting still)

V_{f} is the final velocity of the child

U_{f}=6 m/s is the final velocity of the adult

Substituting (2) and (3) in (1):

m_{1}V_{o}+m_{2}U_{o}=m_{1}V_{f}+m_{2}U_{f} (4)

Isolating V_{f}:

V_{f}=\frac{m_{1}V_{o}-m_{2}U_{f}}{m_{1}} (5)

V_{f}=\frac{(25 kg)(10 m/s)-(60 kg)(6 m/s)}{25 kg} (6)

Finally:

V_{f}=-4.4 m/s This means the velocity of the child is in the opposite direction

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