Slide 1 / 42 Momentum Free Response Problems Slide 2 / 42
- 1. Block 1 with a mass of 500 g moves at a constant
speed of 5 m/s on a horizontal frictionless track and collides and sticks to a stationary block 2 mass of 1.5
- kg. Block 2 is attached to an unstretched spring with a
spring constant 200 N/m.
- a. Determine the momentum of block 1 before the
collision.
- b. Determine the kinetic energy of block 1 before the
collision.
- c. Determine the momentum of the system of two
blocks after the collision.
- d. Determine the velocity of the system of two blocks
after the collision.
- e. Determine the kinetic energy of the system two
blocks after the collision. f. Determine the maximum compression in the spring after the collision.
Slide 3 / 42
- 1. Block 1 with a mass of 500 g moves at a constant
speed of 5 m/s on a horizontal frictionless track and collides and sticks to a stationary block 2 mass of 1.5
- kg. Block 2 is attached to an unstretched spring with a
spring constant 200 N/m.
- a. Determine the momentum of block 1 before the
collision. p1 = m1v1 = (0.5 kg)(5 m/s) = 2.5 kg m/s
Slide 4 / 42
- 1. Block 1 with a mass of 500 g moves at a constant
speed of 5 m/s on a horizontal frictionless track and collides and sticks to a stationary block 2 mass of 1.5
- kg. Block 2 is attached to an unstretched spring with a
spring constant 200 N/m.
- b. Determine the kinetic energy of block 1 before the
collision. KEo = ½m1v1
2 = ½(0.5 kg)(5 m/s)2 = 6.25 J
Slide 5 / 42
- 1. Block 1 with a mass of 500 g moves at a constant
speed of 5 m/s on a horizontal frictionless track and collides and sticks to a stationary block 2 mass of 1.5
- kg. Block 2 is attached to an unstretched spring with a
spring constant 200 N/m.
- c. Determine the momentum of the system of two
blocks after the collision.
p1 + p2 = p' p' = m1v1 + m2v2 p' = (0.5 kg)(5 m/s) = 2.5 kg m/s
Slide 6 / 42
- 1. Block 1 with a mass of 500 g moves at a constant
speed of 5 m/s on a horizontal frictionless track and collides and sticks to a stationary block 2 mass of 1.5
- kg. Block 2 is attached to an unstretched spring with a
spring constant 200 N/m.
- d. Determine the velocity of the system of two blocks