The cruise liner’s speed when it collided with the iceberg if it had a mass of 4.23 x 108 kg ship and a momentum of 4.9 x 109 kg·m/s is v= 11.584 m/s
Explanation:
Given :
The cruise liner’s speed when it collided with the iceberg has a
Mass (m) = 4.23 x 108 kg and
Momentum (p) = 4.9 x 109 kg m/s
To calculate the momentum,
We need to use the formula of a momentum
Momentum = Mass x Velocity ( p = m v )
as we need to find the velocity the formula becomes
velocity = momentum / mass
v = p / m
= (4.9 x 109 kg m/s) / (4.23 x 108 kg)
v= 11.584 m/s
