Momentum and Energy

Practice Problems
Momentum and Energy

Directions: On this worksheet you will be investigating the relationships between momentum and energy.

		Question 1 If F_max = 17 N and F_min = -11 N then calculate the impulse delivered to a 3-kg mass during the 5 seconds graphed above.
33.5 N sec1 N sec0.5 N sec-10.5 N sec44.5 N sec

		Question 2 If the object's initial velocity in Question 1 was 8.4 m/sec, what will be its final velocity at the end of these 5 seconds?
4.9 m/sec-8.2 m/sec25.7 m/sec8.6 m/sec3 m/sec

		Question 3 What was the magnitude of the average force acting on the 3-kg mass in Question 1 during the 5 seconds displayed on the graph?
0.1 N-2.1 N2.5 N6.7 N3 N

		Question 4 A 8.4-gram bullet moving at 290 m/sec travels through a block of wood and emerges out the other side moving at 210 m/sec. If it takes 27.3 µsecs (1 µsec = 1 x 10^-6 seconds) for the bullet to bore through the wood, what average force did the wood exert on the bullet?
8.92 x 10⁴ N1.54 x 10⁶ N-2.46 x 10⁴ N6.46 x 10⁴ N

		Question 5 During target practice, a man shoots a 8.4-gram bullet with a horizontal velocity of 210 m/sec at a 1.5-kg wooden block balanced on the top of a 1.1-meter tall fence post. If the bullet embeds in the block, how fast will the block-bullet be knocked off the post?
140 m/sec208.83 m/sec0.06 m/sec1.17 m/sec

		Question 6 After being knocked off, how far from the base of the fence post will the block in Question 5 hit the ground?
0.26 m0.55 m0.7 m0.39 m0.99 m

		Question 7 A second 8.4-gram bullet is fired at another 1.5-kg block which is initially at rest on a table. The bullet embeds in the block resulting in the block sliding 158 centimeters before coming to a stop. The coefficient of friction between the block and the table's surface is µ = 0.38. How much work will the friction between the table and block do on the block while bringing it to a stop?
60 J3.6 J23.4 J8.9 J5.6 J

		Question 8 How fast was the original bullet in Question 7 travelling before it struck the block?
616.9 m/sec282.8 m/sec343.5 m/sec404.9 m/sec445 m/sec

Question 9 As shown in the diagrams provided below, a ball of mass 1 kg is originally moving along the x-axis with a velocity of 11 m/sec towards the origin. As it approaches the origin, it delivers a glancing blow to a stationary 2-kg mass. After the collision, the 1-kg ball continues traveling towards the left, into the second quadrant, at a reduced speed of 5 m/sec at an angle of 37º above the negative x-axis.

What is the final momentum of the 2-kg mass after the collision?

3 kg m/sec7 kg m/sec5.5 kg m/sec7.6 kg m/sec15.2 kg m/sec

		Question 10 Within the system, what fraction of the 1-kg ball's original KE remains after the collision?
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