Two racecars are driving at constant speeds around a circular track. both cars are the same distance away from the center of the
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given that
mass of ball = 0.095 kg
initial velocity of ball towards the wall = 40 m/s
final velocity of the ball after it rebound = 30 m/s
now change in momentum is given as
So change in momentum will be 6.65 kg m/s
Answer:
a) 3.43 m/s
Explanation:
Due to the law of conservation of momentum, the total momentum of the bullet - rifle system must be conserved.
The total momentum before the bullet is shot is zero, because they are both at rest, so:
Instead the total momentum of the system after the shot is:
where:
m = 0.006 kg is the mass of the bullet
M = 1.4 kg is the mass of the rifle
v = 800 m/s is the velocity of the bullet
V is the recoil velocity of the rifle
The total momentum is conserved, therefore we can write:
Which means:
Solving for V, we can find the recoil velocity of the rifle:
where the negative sign indicates that the velocity is opposite to direction of the bullet: so the recoil speed is
a) 3.43 m/s