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If your solution to stated problem does not match the given solution, you should self-critique per instructions at 

http://vhcc2.vhcc.edu/dsmith/geninfo/labrynth_created_fall_05/levl1_22/levl2_81/file3_259.htm.

 

Your solution, attempt at solution. 

 

If you are unable to attempt a solution, give a phrase-by-phrase interpretation of the problem along with a statement of what you do or do not understand about it.  This response should be given, based on the work you did in completing the assignment, before you look at the given solution.

 

 

017. collisions

 

 

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Question:  `q001.  Note that this assignment contains 5 questions.

 

.  A mass of 10 kg moving at 5 meters/second collides with a mass of 2 kg  which is initially stationary.  The collision lasts .03 seconds, during which time the velocity of the 10 kg object decreases to 3  meters/second.  Using the  Impulse-Momentum Theorem determine the average force exerted by the second object on the first.

 

 

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Your solution: 

 

I'm not sure how to set up this problem exactly. I know that the impulse momentum theory states that m * 'dv= Fnet *'dt. I'm just not sure how the numbers for the two different objects get put into this equation. It doesn't seem like there is enough info for the second object because we don't know it's velocity after object one hits it.

 

 

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Given Solution: 

By the Impulse-Momentum Theorem for a constant mass, Fave * `dt = m `dv so that Fave = m `dv / `dt = 10  kg * (-2 meters/second)/(.03 seconds) = -667 N.

 

Note that this is the force exerted on the 10 kg object, and that the force is negative  indicating that it is in the direction opposite that of the (positive) initial velocity of this object.  Note also that the only thing  exerting a force on this object in the direction of motion is the other object.

 

 

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Self-critique (if necessary):

 I still don't understand why you don't use the 2kg or any information for object two. Wouldn't you need that to determine the force it exerts on the first object??

You know the change in its momentum of the first object time interval. That information completely determines the average force exerted on that object.

 

 

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Question:  `q002.  For the situation of the preceding problem, determine the average force exerted on the second object by the first and using the Impulse-Momentum  Theorem determine the after-collision velocity of the 2 kg mass.

 

 

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Your solution: 

 

 A positive 667 N must be the average force exerted by the first object on the second object because it must be equal and opposite. To determine the final velocity of the second object I used the equation Fave= m* (vf- v0)/ `dt so

667N= 2kg * (vf - 0 m/s )/ .03s

 

 20.01= 2kg * (vf - 0 m/s )

10.005m/s = vf

 

 

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Given Solution: 

Since the -667 N force exerted on the first object by the second implies and equal and opposite force of 667  Newtons exerted by the first object on the second.

 

This force will result in a momentum change equal to the impulse F `dt = 667 N *  .03 sec = 20 kg m/s delivered to the 2 kg object. 

 

A momentum change of 20 kg m/s on a 2 kg object  implies a change in velocity of 20 kg m / s / ( 2 kg) = 10 m/s.

 

Since the second object had initial velocity 0, its after-collision velocity  must be 10 meters/second.

 

 

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Question:  `q003.  For the situation of the preceding problem, is the total kinetic energy after collision less than or equal to the total kinetic energy before collision?

 

 

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Your solution: 

 the kinetic energy is greater after the collision because

before the collision object one : .5 * 10kg * (5m/s)^2= 125J

object two : .5 * 2kg * 0m/s ^2= 0J

total KE= 125J

after the collision object one: .5 * 10kg * (3m/s)^2=45J

object two: .5 *2kg * (10 m/s)^2= 100J

total KE= 145J

 

 

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Given Solution: 

The kinetic energy of the 10 kg object moving at 5 meters/second is .5 m v^2 = .5 * 10 kg * (5 m/s)^2 =  125  kg m^2 s^2 = 125 Joules.  Since the 2 kg object was initially stationary, the total kinetic energy before collision is 125 Joules.

 

The kinetic energy of the 2 kg object after collision is .5 m v^2 = .5 * 2 kg * (10 m/s)^2 = 100 Joules, and the kinetic energy  of the second object after collision is .5 m v^2 = .5 * 10 kg * (3 m/s)^2 = 45 Joules.  Thus the total kinetic energy after collision is 145 Joules.

 

Note that the total kinetic energy after the collision is greater than the total  kinetic energy before the collision, which violates the conservation of energy unless some source of energy other than the kinetic energy (such as a small  explosion between the objects, which would convert some chemical potential energy to kinetic, or perhaps a coiled spring  that is released upon collision, which would convert elastic PE to KE) is involved.

 

 

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Question:  `q004.  For the situation of the preceding problem, how does the total momentum after collision compare to the total momentum before collision?

 

 

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Your solution: 

the momentum before and after the collision are equal .

before: 10kg* 5m/s= 50 kg m/s

2kg * 0m/s= 0 kg m/s

after: 10kg * 3m/s= 30 kg m/s

2kg * 10 m/s= 20 kg m/s

 

 

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Given Solution: 

The momentum of the 10 kg object before collision is 10 kg * 5 meters/second = 50 kg meters/second.  This  is the total momentum before collision. 

 

The momentum of the first object after collision is 10 kg * 3 meters/second = 30 kg  meters/second, and the momentum of the second object after collision is 2 kg * 10 meters/second = 20 kg meters/second.  The total  momentum after collision is therefore 30 kg meters/second + 20 kg meters/second = 50 kg meters/second.

 

The total momentum after  collision is therefore equal to the total momentum before collision.

 

 

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Self-critique (if necessary):

 ok

 

 

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Question:  `q005.  How does the Impulse-Momentum Theorem ensure that the total momentum after collision must be equal to the total momentum before collision?

 

 

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Your solution: 

 

 

the impulse momentum theorem states that impulse of the net force must be equal to momentum. Since the impacts happen simultaneously and the forces are equal and opposite the momentum does not change from the beginning to the end

 

 

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Given Solution: 

Since the force is exerted by the 2 objects on one another are equal and opposite, and since they act  simultaneously, we have equal and opposite forces acting for equal time intervals.  These forces therefore exert equal and opposite impulses on the two objects, resulting in equal and opposite changes in momentum.

 

Since the changes in  momentum are equal and opposite, total momentum change is zero.  So the momentum after collision is equal to the momentum before collision.

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Self-critique (if necessary):

 ok

 

 

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