If two identical cars are traveling at different velocities, which car has the greatest momentum
1 answer:
Answer:
The one with highest velocity
Explanation:
The momentum of an object is given by
where
m is the mass of the car
v is the velocity of the car
In this problem, we have two identical cars: identical means they have same mass, so
The momentum of car 1 is
while the momentum of car 2 is
By comparing the two expressions, we see that the car with greatest momentum is the one with highest velocity, since the mass is the same.
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The impulse is equal to the variation of momentum of the object:
where m is the mass object and
is the variation of velocity of the object.
The ball starts from rest so its initial velocity is zero:
. So we can rewrite the formula as
or
and since we know the impulse given to the ball (I=16 Ns) and its mass (m=2 kg), we can find the final velocity of the ball:
where m is the mass object and
The ball starts from rest so its initial velocity is zero:
or
and since we know the impulse given to the ball (I=16 Ns) and its mass (m=2 kg), we can find the final velocity of the ball: