If the force on an object is in the negative direction, the work it does on the object must be
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(a)
According to Newton's second law, the force experienced by each balloon is given by:
F = ma
where
m = 0.021 kg is the mass
a = 1.1 m/s^2 is the acceleration
Substituting, we found:
The electrostatic force between the two balloons can be also written as
where
k is the Coulomb's constant
Q is the charge on each balloon
r = 16 m is their separation
Since we know the value of F, we can find Q, the magnitude of the charge on each balloon:
(b) electrons
The magnitude of the charge of one electron is
While the magnitude of the charge on one balloon is
This charge can be written as
where N is the number of electrons that are responsible for this charge. Solving for N, we find:
Let the mass of 2500 kg car be and it's velocity be
and the mass of 1500 kg car be
and it's velocity be
.
After the bumping the mass be M and it's velocity be V.
By law of conservation of momentum we have
2500 * 5 + 1500 * 1=4000 * V
V = 14000/4000 = 7/2 = 3.5 m/s
So the velocity of the two-car train = 3.5 m/s