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Ghella [55]
2 years ago
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Two friends, Al and Jo, have a combined mass of 195 kg. At the ice skating rink, they stand close together on skates, at rest an

d facing each other. Using their arms, they push on each other for 1 second and move off in opposite directions. Al moves off with a speed of 10.2 m/sec in one direction and Jo moves off with a speed of 11.4 m/sec in the other. You can assume friction is negligible. Find Al's mass
Physics
1 answer:
ddd [48]2 years ago
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Answer:

Al's mass is 102.92  kg  

Explanation:

As there are no external forces in the horizontal direction, the horizontal net force must be zero:

F_{net} = 0

As the force is the derivative in time of the momentum, this means that the horizontal momentum is constant:

F_{net} = \frac{dp_{horizontal}}{dt} = 0

p_{horizontal_i }= p_{horizontal_f}

where the suffix i and f means initial and final respectively.

The initial momentum will be:

p_{horizontal_}i = m_{Al} \ v_{Al_i} + m_{Jo} \ v_{Jo_i}

But, as they are at rest, initially

p_{horizontal_i} = m_{Al} * 0 + m_{Jo} * 0

p_{horizontal_i} = 0

So, this means:

p_{horizontal_f} = m_{Al} \ v_{Al_f} + m_{Jo} \ v_{Jo_f} = 0

We know that the have an combined mass of 195 kg:

m_{total} = m_{Al} + m_{Jo} = 195 \ kg.

so:

m_{Jo} = 195 \ kg - m_{Al}.

m_{Al} \ v_{Al_f} + (195 \ kg - m_{Al}) \ v_{Jo_f} = 0

m_{Al} \  v_{Al_f} - m_{Al} \  v_{Jo_f}= - 195 \ kg \  v_{Jo_f}

m_{Al} \ (v_{Al_f} - v_{Jo_f})= - 195 \ kg \ v_{Jo_f}

m_{Al} = \frac{ - 195 \ kg \ v_{Jo_f} } {  v_{Al_f} - v_{Jo_f} }

m_{Al} = \frac{195 \ kg  \ v_{Jo_f} } {    v_{Jo_f} - v_{Al_f} }

Now, we can use the values:

v_{Al_f}= 10.2 \frac{m}{s}

v_{Jo_f}= - 11.4 \frac{m}{s}

where the minus sign appears as they are moving at opposite directions

m_{Al} = \frac{195 \ kg  ( - 11.4 \frac{m}{s} ) } {   (- 11.4 \frac{m}{s}) - 10.2 \frac{m}{s} }

m_{Al} = 102.92 \ kg

and this is the Al's mass.

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