Question

On April 15, 1912, the luxury cruise liner Titanic sank after running into an iceberg. What was 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?

Answer 1

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