Two hockey players have a total momentum of +200 kg x m/s before a collision (+ is to the right). After the collision, they move
1 answer:
Total momentum after the collision: +200 kg m/s to the right
Explanation:
We can answer this question by using the law of conservation of momentum, which states that for an isolated system (=no external forces acting on the system), the total momentum is conserved.
Mathematically,
where
is the total momentum before the collision
is the total momentum after the collision
In this problem, the system consists of two hockey players. Before the collision, their total momentum is
(to the right)
Therefore, according to the law of conservation of momentum, their total momentum after the collision must be the same:
And given that the sign is +, the direction is still the same, therefore to the right.
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a) 0.26 h
b) 71.4 km
Explanation:
a)
In order to solve the problem, we have to know what is the final velocity of the car.
Here, we assume that the final velocity reached by the car is
Therefore, we can find the time taken by the car to reach this velocity by using the suvat equation:
where:
u = 250 km/h is the initial velocity
is the acceleration of the car
v = 300 km/h is the final velocity
t is the time
Solving for t, we find:
b)
In order to find the distance covered by the car, we can use the following suvat equation:
where:
s is the distance covered
u is the initial velocity
a is the acceleration
t is the time
For the car in this problem, we have:
u = 250 km/h
t = 0.26 h (calculated in part a)
Therefore, the distance covered is