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Momentum Practice Problems

The document provides 10 practice problems involving the calculation of momentum. The problems cover basic momentum calculations using the formula momentum (p) equals mass (m) times velocity (v). They also cover conservation of momentum problems involving collisions between objects. The student is asked to show their work, including the formula, numbers plugged in, and final answer for each problem on a separate sheet of paper.

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Momentum Practice Problems

The document provides 10 practice problems involving the calculation of momentum. The problems cover basic momentum calculations using the formula momentum (p) equals mass (m) times velocity (v). They also cover conservation of momentum problems involving collisions between objects. The student is asked to show their work, including the formula, numbers plugged in, and final answer for each problem on a separate sheet of paper.

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Momentum Practice Problems

Perform the following practice problems on a separate sheet of notebook paper.


Make sure you include the formula, the numbers plugged into the formula,
and your answer (in a box) with a label.

Basic Momentum Problems (round all final answers to nearest tenth)


1. Calculate the momentum of a 12ookg car with a velocity of 25m/s.

p = mv = 1200 X 25 = 30,000kg.m/s

2. What is the momentum of a child and wagon if the total mass of the
child and wagon is 22kg and the velocity is 1.5m/s?

p = mv = 22 X 1.5 = 33kg.m/s

3. The parking brake on a 1200kg automobile has broken, and the vehicle has reached
a momentum of 7800kg.m/s. What is the velocity of the vehicle?

V = p/m = 7800/1200 = 6.5m/s

4. A toy dart gun generates a dart with .140kg.m/s momentum and a velocity
of 4m/s. What is the mass of the dart in grams? (hint: figure kg, then convert answer
to grams)

M = p/v = .140/4 = .035kg conversion: .035 X 1000 = 35grams

5. A bowling ball of 35.2kg, generates 218 kg.m/s units of momentum. What


is the velocity of the bowling ball?

V = p/m = 218/35.2 = 6.2m/s

6. A school bus traveling at 40 km/hr. (11.1m/s) has a momentum of 152625 kg.m/s.


What is the mass of the bus?

M = p/v = 152625/11.1 = 13,750kg

Conservation of Momentum Problems (Collision Problems)


7. A 12,000kg. railroad car is traveling at 2m/s when it strikes another 10,000kg.railroad
car that is at rest. If the cars lock together, what is the final speed of the two
railroad cars?

p1 = p2
m1 v1 = m2 v2
(12,000) (2) = (22,000) v2 m2 =mass of both cars 12,000 + 10,000
24,000 = 22,000 v2
24,000/22,000 = v2
v2 = 1.1m/s

8. A 9,300 kg. railroad car traveling at a velocity of 15m/s strikes a second boxcar
at rest. If the two cars stick together and move off with a velocity of 6m/s, what is the mass
of the second car?

p1 = p2
m1 v1 = m2 v2
(9,300) (15) = (m2) (6) m2 = mass of both cars = 9,300 + X
139,500 = (9,300 + X) (6)

X = mass of second boxcar


139,500 = 55,800 +6X
139,500 - 55,800 = 6X
83,700 = 6X
83,700/6 = X
X = 13,950 kg

9. A 25 gram bullet is fired from a gun with a speed of 230m/s. If the gun has a mass
of .9kg. what is the recoil speed of the gun?

p1 = p2
m1 v1 = m2 v2 Uses Newton's Third Law (action = reaction)
(.025) (230) = (.9) v2 Convert 25grams to kg = 25/1000 = .025kg
5.75 = (.9) v2
5.75/.9 = v2
6.4m/s = v2

10. A 20 gram bullet traveling at 250m/s strikes a block of wood that weighs 2kg.
With what velocity will the block and bullet move after the collision?

p1 = p2
m1 v1 = m2 v2
(.020) (250) = (2.02) v2
5 = (2.02) v2
5/2.02 = v2
2.5m/s = v2

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