Which statement explains how planets move in orbit as supported by Newton’s first law of motion?
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Answer:
None.
Explanation:
- Gravitational potential energy, depends only of the mass on which the gravity is doing work, and the displacement produced by this force.
- As displacement depends only on the final and initial positions (in this case, the height of the hill), if we choose as our zero reference level the bottom of the hill, the change in gravitational potential energy will be as follows:
- As we can see, the only value of distance involved is the height of the hill , so it is independent of the distance travelled.
Solution :
Given :
Mass of the baseball, m = 200 g
Velocity of the baseball, u = -30 m/s
Mass of the baseball after struck by the bat, M = 900 g
Velocity of the baseball after struck by the bat, v = 47 m/s
According to the conservation of momentum,
(900 x 47) + (200 x -30) = (900 x ) + (200 x
)
36300 = (900 x ) + (200 x
)
..............(i)
The mathematical expression for the conservation of kinetic energy is
................(ii)
Substituting (i) in (ii)
Solving the equation, we get
The negative velocity is neglected.
Therefore, substituting 96 m/s for in (i), we get
= 19
Thus, only impulse of importance is used to find final velocity.