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Salsk061 [2.6K]
3 years ago
6

A hungry fish is about to have lunch at speeds shown. Assume the hungry fish has a mass five times the mass of the small fish. I

mmediately after lunch, rank from greatest to least the speeds of the formerly hungry fish.
a) Big: v=4m/s, little: 0
b) Big: v=4m/s, little:1 m/s
c) Big: v=5 m/s, little: 2 m/s
Mathematics
1 answer:
Fiesta28 [93]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

The answer is C > A > B

Step-by-step explanation:

This a conservation of momentum problem, that means that the initial momentum of the system is equal to final momentum of the system.

The mass of the big fish is 5 times greater than the mass of the smaller fish, therefore, to make things simpler,

Let the mass of the big fish be 5 kg and the mass of the small one be 1 kg.  

In our case we have:

Momentum before lunch = momentum after lunch.

(v_{1} *m_{1}) + (v_{2} *m_{2}) = (m_{1} *m_{2})* v\\

In the first case (A), v1 = 4 m/s ; v2 = 0 m/s  

(4 m/s*5kg) + (0 m/s*1 kg) = (5kg + 1 kg)*v

20 + 0 = 6v

V = \frac{20}{6}

V = \frac{10}{3} m/s

In the second case (B), v1 = 4 m/s ; v2 = -1 m/s  (v2 is negative because it’s going to the opposite direction of the bigger fish)

(4 m/s*5kg) + (-1 m/s*1 kg) = (5kg + 1 kg)*v

20 - 1 = 6v

V = \frac{19}{6} m/s

In the third case (C), v1 = 5 m/s ; v2 = -2 m/s  (v2 is negative because it’s going to the opposite direction of the bigger fish)

(5 m/s*5kg) + (-2 m/s*1 kg) = (5kg + 1 kg)*v

25 - 2 = 6v

V = \frac{23}{6} m/s

Therefore, the greatest speed is the third case and the smallest is the second case. So, C > A > B

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