A student throws a 140 g snowball at 6.5 m/s at the side of the schoolhouse, where it hits and sticks. What is the magnitude of
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Answer:
The speed is and the direction is heading north.
Explanation:
In collisions the force exerted by the objects that collide is higher enough than the external forces that we can neglect that external forces, with that assumption we can use the conservation fo momentum law that states, final total momentum (pf) is equal initial total momentum (pi) if there’re not external forces or they are small enough to be neglected. Mathematically:
The total momentum is the sum of the momentum of each of the bodies we're dealing, in our case the moment of each car, then:
with pn the momentum of the 1000kg car heading north and ps the 800kg car heading south. Momentum is defined as mass times velocity, then:
(1)
It's important to note that when we talk about momentum and velocity direction matters, so we're are going to choose a system of reference where quantities pointing north are positive and pointing south are negative. So, the initial velocity of 1000 kg car is vni=5 m/s, initial velocity of 800 kg car is vsi=-4 m/s and the final velocity of 1000 kg car is vnf=-1 m/s. Now we can solve (1) for vsf and use the values we already have:
Because the sign is positive the direction is to heading north.
Answer:
A. The upward pressure gradient force is balanced by gravity.
Explanation:
A. is correct because the pressure difference is actually generated by gravity. As in the following formula for the pressure at different points:
where are the pressure at 2 points, ρ is the density of the fluid, g is the gravitational constant, and h is the height difference.
B is incorrect because friction in air is too small to make an effect.
C is incorrect because the Coriolis force is horizontal, not vertical.
D is incorrect because a difference of 500 hPa = 50000 Pa, this is half of the atmospheric pressure.
E is incorrect because temperature cannot generate force.