Answer:
a) t=24s
b) number of oscillations= 11
Explanation:
In case of a damped simple harmonic oscillator the equation of motion is
m(d²x/dt²)+b(dx/dt)+kx=0
Therefore on solving the above differential equation we get,
x(t)=A₀
where A(t)=A₀
A₀ is the amplitude at t=0 and
is the angular frequency of damped SHM, which is given by,

Now coming to the problem,
Given: m=1.2 kg
k=9.8 N/m
b=210 g/s= 0.21 kg/s
A₀=13 cm
a) A(t)=A₀/8
⇒A₀
=A₀/8
⇒
applying logarithm on both sides
⇒
⇒
substituting the values

b) 

, where
is time period of damped SHM
⇒
let
be number of oscillations made
then, 
⇒
The period of the wave is the reciprocal of its frequency.
1 / (5 per second) = 0.2 second .
The wavelength is irrelevant to the period. But since you
gave it to us, we can also calculate the speed of the wave.
Wave speed = (frequency) x (wavelength)
= (5 per second) x (1cm) = 5 cm per second
Answer:
the total momentum is 8 .2 kg m/s in north direction.
Explanation:
given,
mass(m₁) 3.00 kg, moving north at v₁ = 3.00 m/s
mass(m₂) 4.00 kg, moving south at v₂ = 3.70 m/s
mass(m₃) 7.00 kg, moving north at v₃ = 2.00 m/s
north as the positive axis
south as the negative axis
now
total momentum = m₁v₁ + m₂ v₂ + m₃ v₃
total momentum = 3 x 3 - 4 x 3.7 + 7 x 2
= 9 - 14.8 + 14
= 8 .2 kg m/s
hence, the total momentum is 8 .2 kg m/s in north direction.
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