DUE: Friday 9th December 2016 3:30pm
Unit 5: Momentum Assignment _____/100 Name:______________
Write your answers clearly and legibly on a separate piece of paper. All students caught with identical working will
receive zero marks, regardless of who copied whom.
Question One (20 marks Total) Police were called to the scene of an accident where a car headed east collided with
the side of a second car in a "T-Bone" style crash as shown below.
Both drivers reported very different stories.
The driver of the first car (shown in grey) claims that he was driving at the speed limit when the second car (shown in
white) flew through the intersection. He collided with the car before he was able to react and couldn't apply brakes
due to the impact of the collision.
The driver of the second car claims that she had accidentally stalled in the middle of the intersection and was not
moving when the first car came flying towards her. She claims that the first car was traveling well above the speed
limit and that the driver made no attempt to avoid her or slow down.
The skid marks shown are from the second car traveling sideways. It was confirmed that both cars were brought to
stop by the second car sliding along the road.
When the vehicle collision investigator arrived at the scene, he could tell immediately who was lying.
A) (5 marks) Explain how the investigator could tell immediately that the driver of the first car (grey) was lying.
B) (15 marks) Use the data at the scene to determine the speed of the first car before the collision. (μk = 0.82)
Question Two (5 marks)
A gun recoils when it is fired. The recoil is the result of action-reaction force pairs. As the gases from the gunpowder
explosion expand, the gun pushes the bullet forwards and the bullet pushes the gun backwards. Which experiences
a greater acceleration, the gun or the bullet?
Question Three (15 marks Total)
Two students on rollerblades push off of each other.
A) (7 marks) If they have the same mass, what is their change in momentum?
B) (8 marks) If student A has 2 times the mass of student B, who has the larger change in momentum? What about
change in velocity?
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Question Four (7 marks)
A 0.050 kg bullet traveling at 235 m/s hits a 4.25 kg block suspended by a rope and embeds itself in it.
To what maximum height does the mass/bullet swing?
Question Five (10 marks Total)
A 1550 kg truck is traveling West at 22 m/s when it collides with a 1200 kg car travelling 14 m/s South. The two
vehicles stick together after the collision.
A) (7 marks) Determine the magnitude and direction of the two vehicle’s velocity.
B) (3 marks)Prove that this collision was inelastic. (Hint: What happens to the total kinetic energy of the system?)
Question Six (5 marks)
A 1200 kg car is traveling north at 15 m/s when it turns west and continues on at 10 m/s. Determine the direction of
the car’s impulse during this turn.
Question Seven (10 marks)
A lithium-6 nucleus has a mass 6 times larger than a proton and an alpha particle has a mass 4 times larger than a
proton. A lithium nucleus traveling at 8.0x103 m/s to the right collides with an alpha particle traveling at 4.0x103 m/s
to the left. After the collision the lithium nucleus bounces back to the left at 1.6x103 m/s. (mass of proton = 1.673 x
10-27kg)
A) (7 marks) Determine the final velocity of the alpha particle.
B) (3 marks) Determine whether this collision was elastic or inelastic. Show proof.
Question Eight (8 marks)
A movie crew is performing a stunt during which a stationary car (1200 kg) will be blown into two pieces. If a 450 kg
piece flies off at 22 m/s due west after the explosion, what is the velocity of the other piece?
Question Nine (10 marks Total)
A lunch bucket (400 g) is sliding across the floor at 4.3 m/s. 1.3 s later it is going 2.1 m/s.
a) (3 marks) Calculate Δ ρ
b) (4 marks) Calculate Ffr
c) (3 marks) Calculate μ
Question Ten (10 marks)
Hank Sedin is standing at one end of the rink before practice trying to hit the goal post at the other end. He fires the
275 g puck at 15 m/s towards the post. 1.7 s later the puck is traveling at 13.2 m/s. Determine:
a) (3 marks) the puck’s change in momentum.
b) (4 marks) the force of friction acting on the puck, slowing it down.
c) (3 marks) the coefficient of friction between the puck and the ice.
