PLEASE HELP - In running a ballistics test at the police department, Officer Rios fires a 6.1g bullet at 350 m/s into a containe
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1) -0.5 m/s
We can solve the first part of the problem by using the law of conservation of momentum. In fact, the total momentum of the cannon - shell system must be conserved.
Before the shot, both the cannon and the shell are at rest, so the total momentum is zero:
After the shot, the momentum is:
where
M = 2000 kg is the mass of the cannon
m = 10 kg is the mass of the shell
v = 100 m/s is the velocity of the shell (we take as positive the direction of motion of the shell)
V = ? is the velocity of the cannon
Since momentum is conserved, we can write
And solving for V, we find the velocity of the cannon:
where the negative sign indicates that the cannon moves in the direction opposite to the shell.
2) 0.5 m
The motion of the cannon is a uniformly accelerated motion, so we can solve this part by using suvat equation:
where
v is the final velocity of the cannon
u = 0.5 m/s is the initial velocity of the cannon (now we take as positive the initial direction of motion of the cannon)
is the deceleration of the cannon
s is the distance travelled by the cannon
The cannon will stop when v = 0; substituting and solving the equation for s, we find the minimum safe distance required to stop the cannon:
Answer:
KINETIC ENERGY=K.E=0.00245 Joules ≈ 0.003 Joules
Explanation:
mass=m=0.1g=0.0001kg
velocity=v=7.0m/s
kinetic energy=K.E.=?
as we know that
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Answer:
The pressure on the ground is about 9779.5 Pascal.
The pressure can be reduced by distributing the weight over a larger area using, for example, a thin plate with an area larger than the circular area of the barrel's bottom side. See more details further below.
Explanation:
Start with the formula for pressure
(pressure P) = (Force F) / (Area A)
In order to determine the pressure the barrel exerts on the floor area, we need the calculate the its weight first
where m is the mass of the barrel and g the gravitational acceleration. We can estimate this mass using the volume of a cylinder with radius 30 cm and height 1m, the density of the water, and the assumption that the container mass is negligible:
The density of water is 997 kg/m^3, so the mass of the barrel is:
and so the weight is
and so the pressure is
This answers the first part of the question.
The second part of the question asks for ways to reduce the above pressure without changing the amount of water. Since the pressure is directly proportional to the weight (determined by the water) and indirectly proportional to the area, changing the area offers itself here. Specifically, we could insert a thin plate (of negligible additional weight) to spread the weight of the barrel over a larger area. Alternatively, the barrel could be reshaped (if this is allowed) into one with a larger diameter (and smaller height), which would achieve a reduction of the pressure.