These two electric and magnetic forces can be related together into one electromagnetic force through the Lorentz force law. This law states that the total force acting on a charged particle due to electric and magnetic fields is equal to the sum of the electric and magnetic forces acting on it.
Answer:
Explanation:
Because of the following ,it is useful to select both objects as the system during collision between an electron and a hydrogen atom
1. The total momentum of the system does not change during the collision.
2.The forces the objects exert on each other are internal to the system and don't change the total momentum of the system.
3. During the time interval just before to just after the collision, external forces are negligible.
Momentum = mass x velocity
Before collision
Momentum 1 = 2 kg x 20 m /s = 40 kg x m/s
Momentum 2 = 3 kg x -10m/s = -30 kg x m/s
After collision
Momentum 1 = 2 kg x -5 m/s = -10 m/s
Momentum 2 = 3 kg x V2 = 3V2
Total momentum before = total momentum after
40 + -30 = -10 + 3V2
V2 = <span>6.67 m/s
Total kinetic energy before
</span><span>= (1/2) [ 2 kg * 20 m/s * 2 + 3 kg * ( -10 m/s) *2 ]
= 550 J
</span>
<span>Total kinetic energy after
</span>= (1/2) [ 2 kg * ( - 5 m/s) * 2 + 3 kg * 6.67 m/s *2 ]
= 91.73 J
Total kinetic energy lost during collision
=<span>550 J - 91.73 J
= 458.27 J</span>
We would need to know the time it took to slow to a stop.
