3. A 75kg man sits at one end of a uniform seesaw pivoted at its center, and his 24kg son sits at the
1 answer:
Answer:
The wife have to sit at 0.46 L from the middle point of the seesaw.
Explanation:
We need to make a sketch of the seesaw and the loads acting over it.
And by the studying of the Newton's law we can find the equation useful to find the distance of the mother sitting on the seesaw with respect to the center ot the pivot point.
A logical intuition will give us the idea that the mother will be on the side of her son to make the balance.
The maximum momentum with respect to the pivot point (0) will be:
Where L/2 is the half of the distance of the seesaw
Therefore the other loads ( mom + son) must be create a momentum equal to the maximum momentum.
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Solution :
Let kg
m/s
Let and
are the speeds of the disk
and
after the collision.
So applying conservation of momentum in the y-direction,
Therefore, the disk 2 have greater velocity and hence more kinetic energy after the collision.
Now applying conservation of momentum in the x-direction,
m/s
So,
= 4.33 m/s
Therefore, speed of the disk 2 after collision is 4.33 m/s