When a force acts upon an object to cause a displacement. When a force acts to cause an object to be displaced, three quantities must be known in order to calculate the work. Those three quantities are force, displacement and the angle between the force and the displacement. The work is subsequently calculated as force•displacement•cosine(theta) where theta is the angle between the force and the displacement vectors. In this part of Lesson 1, the concepts and mathematics of work will be applied in order to analyze a variety of physical situations.
Answer:
potential energy is the ability to do work
Answer: 909 m/s
Explanation:
Given
Mass of the bullet, m1 = 0.05 kg
Mass of the wooden block, m2 = 5 kg
Final velocities of the block and bullet, v = 9 m/s
Initial velocity of the bullet v1 = ? m/s
From the question, we would notice that there is just an object (i.e the bullet) moving before the collision. Also, even after the collision between the bullet and wood, the bullet and the wood would move as one object. Thus, we would use the conservation of momentum to solve
m1v1 = (m1 + m2) v, on substituting, we have
0.05 * v1 = (0.05 + 5) * 9
0.05 * v1 = 5.05 * 9
0.05 * v1 = 45.45
v1 = 45.45 / 0.05
v1 = 909 m/s
Thus, the original velocity of the bullet was 909 m/s