Question

yvonne van gennip of the netherlands ice skated 10.0 km with an average speed of 10.8 m/s. suppose vang ennip crosses the finish line at her average speed and takes a huge boquet of flowers handed to her by a fan. as a result her speed drops t o10.01 m/s. if van gennip’s mass is 63.0 kg what is the mass of the boquet?

Answer 1

By conservation of momentum, we will find that the mass is 4.97 kg.

So in the original system, we have two objects, the bouquet of flowers of mass M that is not moving and Yvonne, which has a mass of 63 kg and a speed of 10.8 m/s.

Then the total momentum of this system is:

P = (63kg)*(10.8m/s) + M*(0 m/s) = 680.4 kg*m/s.

Remember the conservation of momentum, thus, the final momentum must be equal to the above one.

In the final situation, Yvonne and the bouquet move together with a speed of 10.01 m/s,

Then the final momentum is:

P' = (63kg + M)*(10.01 m/s)

And that must be equal to the initial momentum, then we have the equation:

(63kg + M)*(10.01 m/s) = 680.4 kg*m/s.

630.63kg*m/s + M*10.01 m/s = 680.4 kg*m/s.

M*10.01 m/s = 680.4 kg*m/s - 630.63kg*m/s = 49.77 kg*m/s

M = (49.77 kg*m/s)/(10.01 m/s) = 4.97 kg

So the mass of the bouquet is 4.97 kg

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