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The document discusses momentum and collisions. It defines momentum as the product of an object's mass and velocity. It states the law of conservation of momentum, which is that the total momentum of an isolated system remains constant. It then provides several example exercises calculating momentum and analyzing collisions between objects of different masses and velocities.

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Chapter 4 Q

The document discusses momentum and collisions. It defines momentum as the product of an object's mass and velocity. It states the law of conservation of momentum, which is that the total momentum of an isolated system remains constant. It then provides several example exercises calculating momentum and analyzing collisions between objects of different masses and velocities.

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CHAPTER 4

MOMENTUM AND COLLISIONS

Momentum

Momentum of a body is defined as the product of the mass of the body and its velocity.

p = mv

p = momentum of a body m = mass v = velocity

Law of conservation of momentum

If there is no net external force acting on a system consisting of two bodies, the sum of the momentum of the two

bodies will remain constant.

Exercises

1. A bullet of mass 50 g leaves the muzzle of a gun with a velocity of 200 ms-1. Find the momentum of the bullet.

2. Find the total momentum of the following system.

(a) Two electrons each having mass m are moving towards each other with the speed of 0.01c.

(b) One of the two electrons having mass m is moving at a velocity of 0.01c while the other is moving at a velocity

of 0.02c in the same direction.

( c is the velocity of light and its value is 3 x 108 ms-1 )


3. If the velocity of a 0.02 kg bullet is 500 ms-1, find the magnitude of the momentum of the bullet. If the bullet is fired

towards the north, what is the direction of its momentum?

4. If the muzzle velocity of a 0.005 kg bullet is 500 ms-1, find the magnitude of the muzzle momentum of the bullet.

The gun is aimed and fired at a target in the north and then at a target in the east. Will the muzzle momenta of the

bullets be equal?

5. A bullet of mass 0.016 kg is fired from a 4 kg gun with a velocity of 600 ms-1. What is the recoil velocity of the gun?

6. A 60 kg man dived into the water with the velocity 20 ms-1 from a 120 kg boat. Find the recoil velocity of the boat.

7. A 0.03 kg bullet moving at a constant velocity hits a wooden block of mass 3 kg and continues to travel at the

velocity of 2 ms-1 together with the block. What is the velocity of the bullet when it hits the block?

8. A 0.2 kg marble is at rest on a smooth table. Another marble of mass 0.1 kg moving at a constant velocity of

10 ms-1 towards the east hits this marble and it recoils to the west with the velocity of 5 ms-1. Find the velocity of

the marble which was at rest?


Exercises
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Moment of a force ( Torque )

The moment of a force is the product of the magnitude of that force and the perpendicular distance

of its line of action from the fulcrum.


Principle of moments

If an object such as a bar or a plank is to be in balance, the total clockwise moment about the

fulcrum must equal the total anticlockwise moment.

total clockwise moment = total anticlockwise moment

Exercises

1. ( a ) A seesaw is pivoted at its centre. One boy weighing 250 N is sitting at the left-hand side, 3 m

from the fulcrum. Another boy weighing 225 N is at the other side. If the two boys are in balance,

find the distance of the second boy from the fulcrum.

( b ) A uniform metre rule weighing 4 N, pivoted at the 20 cm mark, is supported at the right-hand

end at the 100 cm mark,by a vertical thread. Find the tension in the thread.

2. If AB is a uniform metre rule which is balanced as shown in the diagram,

(a) what is the weight W of the rule?

(b) what is the reaction R?

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