Solved Physics Problems on Momentum and Impulse

This page contains solved problems on Momentum and Impulse in Physics. The problems cover topics such as momentum conservation, impulse, elastic and inelastic collisions, and more. Each problem is solved step-by-step, making it easy for students to understand the concepts. The solutions are useful for students studying Physics in high school or college. The course code, course name, and college/university are not mentioned.

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1. 12.5/12.5 points | Previous AnswersGiancoli7 7.P.011.
A 13 g bullet traveling 230 m/s penetrates a 2.0 kg block of wood and emerges cleanly at 167 m/s. If
the block is stationary on a frictionless surface when hit, how fast does it move after the bullet emerges?
0.4095 m/s
2. 6.25/12.5 points | Previous AnswersGiancoli7 7.P.018.
A tennis ball of mass m = 0.055 kg and speed v = 55 m/s strikes a wall at a 45° angle and rebounds
with the same speed at 45°. What is the impulse given to the wall?
Magnitude
4.278 N·s
Direction
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EMILY BRODSKY
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in the direction of the ball's original motion
opposite the direction of the ball's original motion
normal and away from the wall
normal and into the wall
in the direction of the ball's final motion
opposite the direction of the ball's final motion

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A 125 kg fullback is running at 3.5 m/s to the east and is stopped in 0.75 s by a head-on tackle by a
tackler running due west.
(a) Calculate the original momentum of the fullback.
437.5 kg·m/s east
(b) Calculate the impulse exerted on the fullback.
437.5 kg·m/s west
(c) Calculate the impulse exerted on the tackler.
437.5 kg·m/s east
(d) Calculate the average force exerted on the tackler.
583.33 N east
4. 12.5/12.5 points | Previous AnswersGiancoli7 7.P.029.
A 0.200 kg croquet ball makes an elastic head-on collision with a second ball initially at rest. The second
ball moves off with half the original speed of the first ball.
(a) What is the mass of the second ball?
0.6 kg
(b) What fraction of the original kinetic energy ( ΔKE/KE) gets transferred to the second ball?
0.75
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A softball of mass 0.220 kg that is moving with a speed of 4.0 m/s (in the positive direction) collides
head-on and elastically with another ball initially at rest. Afterward the incoming softball bounces
backward with a speed of 2.2 m/s.
(a) Calculate the velocity of the target ball after the collision.
1.799 m/s
(b) Calculate the mass of the target ball.
0.758 kg
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An 18 g rifle bullet traveling 235 m/s buries itself in a 3.3 kg pendulum hanging on a 3.0 m long string,
which makes the pendulum swing upward in an arc. Determine the vertical and horizontal components of
the pendulum's displacement.
vertical 0.0829 m
horizontal 0.7003 m

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A gun is fired vertically into a 1.25 kg block of wood at rest directly above it. If the bullet has a mass of
21.0 g and a speed of 220 m/s, how high will the block rise into the air after the bullet becomes
embedded in it?
0.673 m
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Two balls, of masses mA = 36 g and m B = 80 g are suspended as shown in the figure below. The lighter
ball is pulled away to a 60° angle with the vertical and released.
(a) What is the velocity of the lighter ball before impact? (Take the right to be positive.)
1.715 m/s
(b) What is the velocity of each ball after the elastic collision?
ball A -0.6488 m/s
ball B 1.065 m/s
(c) What will be the maximum height of each ball (above the collision point) after the elastic
collision?
ball A 0.0214 m
ball B 0.0578 m