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stiks02 [169]
3 years ago
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A car with mass 2.0×10 3 kg traveling east at a speed of 20 m/s collides at an intersection with a2.5×10 3 kg van traveling nort

h at a speed of 20 m/s. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the wreckage after the collision, assuming that the vehicles undergo a perfectly inelastic collision and assuming that friction between the vehicles and the road can be neglected. (they stick together in the collision). Just like the example in class, with slight changes. I have no idea where to start or how to do this may someone please help me. Thank you.
Physics
1 answer:
lys-0071 [83]3 years ago
7 0
When analyzing inelastic collisions, we need to consider the law of conservation of momentum, which states that the total momentum, p, of the closed system is a constant. In the case of inelastic collisions, the momentum of the combined mass after the collision is equal to the sum of the momentum of each of the initial masses.

p1+p2+...=pf

In our case we only have two masses, which makes our problem fairly simple. Lets plug in the formula for momentum; p=mv.

m1v1+m2v2=(m1+m2)vf

To find the velocity of the combined mass we simply rearrange the terms.

vf=m1v1+m2v2m1+m2

Plug in the values given in the problem.

vf=(3.0kg)(1.4m/s)+(2.0kg)(0m/s)03.0kg+2.0kg

vf=.84m/s

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Explanation:

A. In order to find the horizontal distance which cannon travels you first calculate the flight time. The flight time can be calculated by using the following formula:

y=y_o+v_osin\theta-\frac{1}{2}gt^2      (1)

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θ: angle between the direction of the initial motion of the ball and the horizontal = 53°

t: time

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t_{1,2}=\frac{-19.96\pm\sqrt{(19.96)^2-4(-4.9)(200)}}{2(-4.9)}\\\\t_{1,2}=\frac{-19.96\pm65.71}{-9.8}\\\\t_1=8.74s\\\\t_2=-4.66s

You use the positive value because it has physical meaning.

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Given Data

height=5.72 m

distance=13.30 m

To Find

Initial Speed=?

Solution

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We have identified in green the forces on the blocks due to acceleration of gravity (w_1 and  w_2) which equal the product of the block's mass times "g".

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