B4 the tackle:
<span>The linebacker's momentum = 115 x 8.5 = 977.5 kg m/s north </span>
<span>and the halfback's momentum = 89 x 6.7 = 596.3 kg m/s east </span>
<span>After the tackle they move together with a momentum equal to the vector sum of their separate momentums b4 the tackle </span>
<span>The vector triangle is right angled: </span>
<span>magnitude of final momentum = √(977.5² + 596.3²) = 1145.034 kg m/s </span>
<span>so (115 + 89)v(f) = 1145.034 ←←[b/c p = mv] </span>
<span>v(f) = 5.6 m/s (to 2 sig figs) </span>
<span>direction of v(f) is the same as the direction of the final momentum </span>
<span>so direction of v(f) = arctan (596.3 / 977.5) = N 31° E (to 2 sig figs) </span>
<span>so the velocity of the two players after the tackle is 5.6 m/s in the direction N 31° E </span>
<span>btw ... The direction can be given heaps of different ways ... N 31° E is probably the easiest way to express it when using the vector triangle to find it</span>
Acceleration is the rate of change of a the velocity of an object that is moving. This value is a result of all the forces that is acting on an object which is described by Newton's second law of motion. Calculation of such is straightforward, if we are given the final velocity, the initial velocity and the total time interval. We can just use the kinematic equations. However, if we are not given the final velocity, it would not be possible to use the kinematic equations. One possible to calculate this value would be by generating an equation of distance with respect to time and getting the second derivative of the equation.
Answer:a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
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