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4: Momentum

1 The total mass of a lorry is 20 000 kg and the


total mass of a car is 2 000 kg. 4 A 50 kg skater moves to the right collide
with another skater of mass 60 kg who
If both lorry and car moving at velocity moves to the left. After collision, the two
25 m s-1, calculate the momentum of the skaters hold on each other. In which direction
lorry and the car respectively. will they move? Calculate the velocity of the
two skaters.

2 A ball of mass 0.8 kg strikes the wall at a


velocity of 10 m s-1 and rebounds at 6 m s-1.
What is its momentum, before striking the
wall and after the rebound?

5 Two rocks moving towards to each other


along a straight line. After colliding, the two
rocks lump together.

3 Based on diagram below, both astronauts


move together after the collision. Calculate
the velocity.

Calculate the speed of the rocks after the


collision.

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6 Two identical boxcars of mass 2.5 x 104 kg 8 A boy of mass 45 kg runs towards a stationary
collides and coupling after the collision. trolley with a total mass of 30 kg. The boy
jumps on the trolley and the trolley starts to
move.

Calculate the velocity of the boxcars after


they are coupled.
Calculate the velocity of the trolley after the
boy jumped on it.

7 A 1 500 kg van travelling at a speed of 15 m


s-1 collides with 1 000 kg car travelling in the
opposite direction with a speed of 20 m s-1. 9 A bullet of mas 12 g is fired at 360 m s-1
After the collision, both vehicles get stuck from a submachine gun of mass 6 kg.
and move together.

(a) What is the recoil velocity of the rifle?

(a) Find the total momentum before collision.

(b) The bullet travels towards a wooden block of


(b) Find the total momentum after collision. wood resting on a frictionless surface. The
wooden block move with a velocity 12 m s-1
after the bullet is embedded in it. Calculate
the mass of the wooden block.
(c) State the principle used in your answer in (b)

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(d) Calculate the velocity of the van and the car


after the collision.

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10 (d) Calculate the velocity of the bumper car B


after the collision.

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Calculate the velocity for both trolleys after


the collision.

The two trolleys are separate after the


11 Two bumper cars moving in straight line.
collision. Find the velocity, v.
Bumper car A of mass 100 kg is moving at 2
m s-1. Bumper car of mass 200 kg is moving
at 5 m s-1. After a while the two cars collide.
After the collision, bumper car A moves at 6
m s-1.

13 A pigeon of mass 120 g is flying with


velocity 2 m s-1. What is its momentum?

(a) What is the total momentum before the


collision?

14 A bull of mass 250 kg is moving with a


(b) What is the total momentum after the momentum 750 kg m s-1. Find its velocity.
collision?

(c) Name the principle for your answer in (b).

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16 Kamil and his son Jamal are at ice rink. (b) What is the velocity of Siew Ling after she
Kamil and Jamal of mass 60 kg and 20 kg receives the ball?
moving at 6 m s-1 and 2 m s-1 respectively.
Kamil decides to pick Jamal and continues in
motion together. Determine the velocity both
of them.

17 Calculate the recoil velocity of the pistol.

18 Sau Fei and Siew Ling, masses 60 kg and


49.5 kg respectively are standing at rest on
an ice rink. Sau Fei throws a ball of mass 0.5
kg towards Siew Ling.

(a) What is the recoil velocity of Sau Fei if the


velocity of the ball is 8 ms-1?

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Exercises: Momentum 3. Find the velocity, v of the objects after collision.
1. The figure below shows two trolleys of different masses Hitung halaju, v bagi objek selepas perlanggaran.
about to collide. Calculate: a.
Rajah di bawah menunjukkan dua troli dengan jisim
yang berbeza berlangar. Hitung

(a) Total momentum before collision.


Jumlah momentum sebelum perlanggaran.

b.
(b) Total momentum after collision.
Jumlah momentum selepas perlanggaran.

(c) The velocity of trolley 3 kg.


Halaju bagi troli 3 kg.

4. The figure below shows a 20 g bullet fired horizontally


towards a block of wood with mass of 3 kg. The
2. A trolley of masses 4kg moving with a velocity of 8 m velocity of bullet is 25 m s-1. After the bullet has
s-1 collides with another trolley with mass 6 kg which is embedded in the wooden block, both of them move
moving at a velocity 2 m s-1 in the opposite direction. If together. What is the velocity, v of the combined bullet
the 4 kg trolley moves at a velocity of 2 m s-1 in the and wooden block?
same direction after collision, what is the velocity of 6 Rajah di bawah menunjukkan sebutir peluru ditembak
kg trolley? secara mendatar ke arah bongkah kayu berjisim 3 kg.
Sebuah troli berjisim 4 kg bergerak dengan halaju Halaju peluru adalah 25 m s-1. Selepas peluru
8 m s-1 berlanggar dengan troli lain berjisim 6 kg yang terbenam dalam bongkah kayu, kedua-duanya bergerak
bergerak dengan halaju 2 m s-1 dalam arah yang bersama. Apakah halju, v bagi gabungan peluru dan
bertentangan. Jika troli 4 kg bergerak dengan halaju bongkah kayu?
2 m s-1 dalam arah yang sama selepas perlanggaran,
apakah halaju bagi troli 6 kg?

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7. A boy with a mass of 50 kg runs towards a


skateboard with a mass of 2 kg. The by then
jumps on the skateboard and moves on top of
the skateboard with velocity 5 m s-1. Find the
initial velocity of the boy.

5. The figure below shows a boy of 50 kg


jumping off a boat at a velocity 5 m s-1 and
lands on the jetty.

If the mass of the boat is 200 kg, find the velocity


of the boat.

8. The figure below shows a 4 kg rifle which


recoils backwards with a velocity 2 m s-1
when a bullet of 0.02 kg is fired.

6. The figure below shows a fireman holding a


hose If 1.5 kg of water comes out of the hose
each second at 4 m s-1, what is the backward
a. Calculate the momentum of the rifle when
momentum acting on the fireman?
the bullet is fired.

b. What is the momentum of the bullet?

c. Find the value of v.

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9. A 1000 kg car travelling at 15 m s-1 collides 13. During training, Osman fires a pistol of 1.5
with a 100 kg motorcycle which is at rest. kg. The bullet with a mass of 30 g emerges
After the collision, both car and motorcycle with a velocity 300 m s-1. What is the recoil
move together. What is their velocity after the velocity of the pistol?
collision?

10. Car A of mass 600 kg moving at 10 m s-1


collides with car B of mass 1000 kg moving in 14. Kamal and his son are at an ice rink. His son
opposite direction. If both car moving together of mass 20 kg is moving with velocity
after the accident at 4 m s-1 in the direction of 20 m s-1. While Kamal of mass 60 kg is
car B, find the initial velocity of car B. moving 6 m s-1. He decides to pick his son and
continues in motion. Determine the final
velocity for both of them.

11. A pigeon of mass 120 g is flying with a


velocity of 2 m s-1. What is its momentum?

12. A bull of mass 250 kg is moving with a


momentum of 750 kg m s-1. Find its velocity.

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15. The butterfly is moving to the tip of the leaf at


speed 5 cm s-1. If the mass of the leaf is 8 g,
find the mass of the butterfly.

16. The mass of boat A and B respectively 150 kg


and 250 kg. After collision, boat A bounces
back with velocity 0.5 m s-1, what is the
velocity of boat B?

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