Physics P Worksheet 9.

1 Momentum and Impulse

Worksheet
9.1 Momentum and Impulse
1. The momentum of a 3000 kg truck is 63,600 kg·m/s. At what speed is the truck traveling?

2. A 0.40 kg object is moving on a frictionless surface with a speed of 30 m/s. A force of 2.0 N
is applied continually until the velocity of the object has been reversed. How long was the
force applied?

3. A 0.058–kg golf ball is struck by a club that produces a force of 272 N and gives the ball a
velocity of 62 m/s. For how long was the club in contact with the ball?

4. A force of 186 N acts on a 7.3–kg bowling ball for 0.40 s. What is the change in velocity of
the bowling ball?

5. Small rockets are used to make tiny corrections to the speed of a satellite. If a rocket has a
thrust of 35 N and is used to change the velocity of a 72000–kg satellite by 63 cm/s, for how
long should it be fired? (covert 63 cm/s to m/s)

6. A tennis player practices against a backboard, hitting the ball to the board with a speed of
22 m/s. The ball bounces straight back from the board with a speed of 19 m/s. The mass of
the ball is 55 g. What is the average force the wall exerts on the ball if the ball is in contact
with the board for 12.5 ms (0.0125 s)?

7. A force of 186 N acts on a 7.3–kg bowling ball for 0.40 s.

a) What is the bowling ball’s change in momentum?
b) What is its change in velocity?

8. A 0.24–kg volleyball approaches Tina with a velocity of 3.3 m/s. Tina bumps the ball,
giving it a speed of 2.4 m/s but in the opposite direction. What average force did she apply if
the interaction time between her hands and the ball was 0.025 s?
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9. Before a collision, a 25–kg object was moving at +11 m/s. Find the impulse that acted on
the object if, after the collision, it moved at the following velocities:
a) +8 m/s
b) –3 m/s
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Worksheet: Conservation of Momentum

CHAPTER 8:Momentum

Directions: Answer the following questions concerning the conservation of momentum using the
equations below. Show all of you work to receive credit.

p Ft (mv) impulse Ft

mv  
pbefore pafter net momentum before = net momentum after


(m1v  m2v2 )before   m2v2 )after

1 (m1v1

1. When these two freight cars of different mass collide and couple, what will be their resultant
velocity?

2. A 2 kg blob of putty moving at 4 m/s slams into a 6 kg blob of putty at rest. What is the speed
of the two stuck-together blobs immediately after colliding?

mass of football player be?

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3. A football player runs at 8 m/s and plows into a 80 kg referee standing on the field
causing the referee to fly forward at 5.0 m/s. If this were a perfectly elastic collision, what
would the

7. A 1000 kg car is rolling down the street at 2.5 m/s. How fast would a 2500 kg car have to
collide into it in order to bring it to rest (0 m/s)?
5. A large locomotive with a mass 4 times
that of the smaller motionless railroad car collides and couples together. What is their combined
speed after the collision?

6. A 2.0 kg mass is moving on a frictionless airtrack. It collides into a motionless 1.5 kg mass.
What is the the combined speed of the two masses if they stick together on impact?

mass of football player be?

4. Assuming that this is a perfect inelastic
8.
collision,
A railroad
calculate
car slams
the velocity
into another
after railroad
the
car
collision
and couples
in the example
together.
below.
What is the
combined speed of the railroad cars after the
collision?

9. Two blocks moving in opposite directions

collide and stick together after the collision.
What is their combined speed after the collision?

10. An explosion causes the cars to move apart from each other. According to the diagram
below, what is the speed of each of the cars as they move away from each other?

11. A 3000-kg truck moving rightward with a speed of 5 km/hr collides head-on with a 1000-kg
car moving leftward with a speed of 10 km/hr. The two vehicles stick together and move with
the same velocity after the collision. Determine the post-collision speed of the car and truck.

7. A 1000 kg car is rolling down the street at 2.5 m/s. How fast would a 2500 kg car have to
collide into it in order to bring it to rest (0 m/s)?
12. During a goal-line stand, a 75-kg fullback moving
eastward with a speed of 10 m/s collides head-on with a
100-kg lineman moving westward with a speed of 4 m/s.
The two players collide and stick together, moving at
the same velocity after the collision. Determine the the
post- collision velocity of the two players.

13. Calculate the velocity of the rifles recoil after firing.

14. What is the velocity of the "8" ball after the elastic collision below?

15. A 6000 kg railroad car moving at 5 m/s

collides into a stationary car with a mass of
4000 kg. If they couple together after the
collision, what will be their combined velocity
immediately after impact?