distinguish elastic collisions from inelastic ones. are momentum and kinetic energy conserved in both types of collisions? why or why not?

Q: A white billiard ball, moving horizontally strikes a red billiard ball, at rest. Before impact, the…

A: We can use the law of conservation of momentum to solve above question.

Q: FIGURE 1 shows a ball with a mass 400 g is moving horizontally at speed 13 m s', hits a wall and…

A: The mass of the ball m=400 g=0.4 kg The initial speed of the ball u=13 m/s The final speed of the…

Q: Thinking back on the "Egg Throw" demonstration, which statement about the impulses experienced by…

A: Let us assume, the egg has some mass (m) and thrown with a velocity (v). As we know that the product…

Q: II. Same lump is thrown towards the same wall, but this time it bounces off the wall at speed of…

A: Part I:Mass of clay, m=3.00 kgSpeed, u=3.00 m/sFinal speed, v=0 m/s  a) As both masses sticks…

Q: What does it mean to say that momentum is conserved in collision? What is elastic and inelastic…

A: The law of conservation of momentum states that for an isolated system, the momentum of the system…

Q: In the figure below, block A (mass 2.0 kg) slides into block B (mass 1.7 kg), along a frictionless…

A: mAvAi +mBvBi = mAvAf + mBvBf and    (2.0kg)(5.6m/s ) + (1.7kg )(2.5m/s ) - (1.7kg )(4.9m/s )2kg =…

Q: Compare the momentum of a cargo train moving at 1 m/s to that tricycle moving at 1 m/s . Without…

A: Momentum = mass x velocity  It is a vector quantity. Its SI unit is kg m/s.

Q: In the figure, determine the character of the collision. The masses of the blocks, and the…

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Q: A .0200kg bullet hits a 5.00kg wood block that is sitting at rest on a rough horizontal surface. The…

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Q: Playing in the street, a child accidentally tosses a ball at 24 m/s toward the front of a car moving…

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Q: A 2.0-g particle moving at 8.0 m/s makes a perfectly elastichead-on collision with a resting 1.0-g…

A: Write the condition for velocity of incident particle after collision.

Q: If a more-massive attacking object strikes a less-massive target object.. a)  What happens to the…

A: Given- More massive object and less massive object, Momentum is p = mv,

Q: Consider the two pucks shown in the figure. As they move towards each other, the momentum of each…

A: Given: Initial velocity vigof the green puck is 9.0 m/s. The mass of the blue puck mbis  25% more…

Q: A billiard ball moving at 5.70 m/s strikes a stationary ball of the same mass. After the collision,…

A: Given data The initial velocity of the first ball is: U1 = 5.70 m/s The initial velocity of the…

Q: A 5 kg ball moves at 5m/s in the +x direction and hits a 2kg stationary ball at the origin. After…

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Q: A 900-kg car traveling east at 15.0 m/s collides with a 750-kg car traveling north at 20.0 m/s. The…

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Q: The impulse-momentum theorem relates impulse to the change in momentum. You throw a 400 g rubber…

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Q: What do the negative and positive signs in velocities and momentum indicate?

A: Velocity is the time derivative of position. As the velocity is the speed with direction, its…

Q: A 10 g block slides with a velocity of 20 cm/s on a smooth level surface and makes a head-on…

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Q: Consider the before- and after-collision momentum vectors in the diagram below. Determine the…

A: Given:  m1 = 2kg, u1 = 2 m/s , v1 = 1 m/s m2 = 4 kg, u2 = 1 m/s , v2 = 2 m/s

Q: 2 similar cars with the same momentums (Opposing each other) are involved in a head-on collision.…

A: Let the momentum of first car = p Let the momentum of second car = - p

Q: Two boxes collide – box A of mass 3.0 kg, and box B of mass 5.5 kg. Box A is initially moving to the…

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Q: Physics: Unit: Momentum and collisions A truck of mass 1.3 x 104 kg, travelling at 9.0 x 101 km/h,…

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Q: When a hammer strikes a nail, it is compressed along its length. Suppose that a steel nail 6.00 cm…

A: a) The required average force is,

Q: A billiard ball moving at 5.30 m/s strikes a stationary ball of the same mass. After the collision,…

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Q: A 10,000-kg railroad car, A, traveling at a speed of 24.0 m/s strikes an identical car, B, at rest.…

A: By conservation of linear momentam we have for completely inelastic collision.

Q: Consider the two pucks shown in the figure. As they move towards each other, the momentum of each…

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Q: A 3.6 kg block moving with a velocity of +4.3 m/s makes an elastic collision with a stationary block…

A: Given, Mass of block m1 = 3.6 Kg Initial Velocity of block v1 initial = 4.3 m/s Mass of other block…

Q: An object has a mass of 2kg moving to the right with velocity of 12m/s and collides head on with a…

A: Mass of first object m1 = 2 kg Mass of second object m2 = 6 kg Initial velocity of first object u1 =…

Q: How is elastic/inelastic collision achieved in terms of mass and velocities?

A: In collisions of elastic nature, two objects bang into each other without any loss in the kinetic…

Q: Please help me answer these following questions. Thank you! ILLUSTRATE ELASTIC COLLISION FROM…

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Q: In real life give two examples of inelastic collisions and perfectly inelastic collision. Include…

A: An inelastic collision is a collision in which kinetic energy is not conserved. A in-elastic…

Q: A 15-gram block slides with a velocity of 25 cm/s on a smooth level surface and makes a head-on…

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Q: A 65-kg ice hockey goalie, originally at rest, catches a 0.145-kg hockey puck slapped at him at a…

A: Mass of ice hockey goalie = 65 kg  mass of puck = 0.145 kginitial speed of puck = 35 m/sinitial…

Q: Define and compare the inelastic collisions and elastic collisions in one dimensial space. Please…

A: Elastic collision:  It is a type of collision under which no net loss in kinetic energy in the…

Q: 15.lf two objects collide and one is initially at rest, is it possible for both to be at rest after…

A: We need to tell whether both bodies can be at rest after a collision in which one of them is…

Q: For each run of your elastic and inelastic collision experiment, observe the initial momentum and…

A: Yes , Your data must indicate conservation of momentum. Explanation- Whether the collision is…

Q: A ball of mass 25 g traveling east at 12 m/s bounces elastically into a 2nd ball of mass 50 g that…

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Q: Can any real collision ever be truly perfectly elastic? Why or why not? (You should think about this…

A: In elastic collision

Q: A ball of mass 0.522 kgkg moving east (+x+x direction) with a speed of 3.78 m/sm/s collides head-on…

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Q: A small ball with mass M is at rest. It is then struck by a ball with twice the mass, moving at…

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Q: ball of mass 25 g traveling east at 12 m/s bounces elastically into a 2nd ball of mass 50 g that is…

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Q: What is momentum? Is momentum a vector or a scalar? Is momentum always conserved? What is the…

A: Momentum is the measurement of motion of the object. It is given by the product of mass and…

Q: Lucy is cruising through space in her new spaceship. As she coasts along, a tiny space bug drifts…

A: The law of momentum conservation: Before the collision, the total momentum of the two objects was…

Q: Describe the difference between elastic and inelastic collisions in terms of energy.

A: in case of elastic collision after collision bodies regain their original shape so their is no…

Q: 6. A 0.25 kg ball bounces off a vertical wall as shown. The speed of the ball just before hitting…

A: M= 0.25kg ( assume horizontal as x axis and vertical as y axis)  u1= 8sin30° i - 8 cos30° j      =…