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CENTER OF MASS, MOMENTUM, IMPULSE, & COLLISION

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A 0.15 kg baseball travelling in a horizontal direction with a speed of 20 m/s hits a bat and is popped straight up with a speed of 33 m/s. What is the impulse caused by hitting the ball?

a)

5.60 kgm/s

b)

6.25 kgm/s

c)

4.95 kgm/s

d)

None of the choices

2.

A 0.15 kg baseball travelling in a horizontal direction with a speed of 20 m/s hits a bat and is popped straight up with a speed of 33 m/s. What is the average force exerted on popping the ball straight up for 0.005 s?

a)

830 N

b)

780 N

c)

650 N

d)

390 N

3.

In a particular crash test, a car of mass of 1500kg collides with a wall. The initial and final velocities of the car are – 10 mi/s and 1.23 mi/s, respectively. How much force was exerted if the test lasted for 1.21 sec?

a)

17 983.56 N

b)

19 332.05 N

c)

15 729.86 N

d)

13 921.49 N

4.

In a particular crash test, a car of mass of 1500 kg collides with a wall. The initial and final velocities of the car are – 10 mi/s and 1.23 mi/s, respectively. What is the final momentum of the car?

a)

3 143 kgm/s

b)

2 214 kgm/s

c)

1 550 kgm/s

d)

1 845 kgm/s

5.

In a particular crash test, a car of mass of 1500kg collides with a wall. The initial and final velocities of the car are – 10 mi/s and 1.23 mi/s, respectively. What is the initial momentum of the car?

a)

13 500 kgm/s

b)

– 15 000 kgm/s

c)

1 500 kgm/s

d)

– 9 230 kgm/s

6.

A car of mass 2 542 kg stopped at a parking lot is bumped from the rear by a bicycle of 15 kg. If the bicycle is moving at 49 m/s before the collision, what is the velocity of the car and the bicycle after the collision?

a)

0.13 m/s

b)

0.95 m/s

c)

0.29 m/s

d)

0.57 m/s

7.

A car of mass 2 500 kg stopped at a traffic light is struck from the rear by a 1 200 kg car. If the smaller car was moving at 20 m/s before the collision, what is the velocity of the entangled cars before the collision?

a)

7.93 m/s

b)

8.09 m/s

c)

6.49 m/s

d)

8.63 m/s

8.

A system consists of two particles at different locations near the origin. Particle 1 has a mass of 7.89 kg and is located on the x-axis at x = –5.0 m while Particle 2 has 9.75 kg mass and is located at y = +8.0 m. What is the center of the mass of the two particles at x – axis?

a)

x = -1.68 mi

b)

x = -2.24 mi

c)

x = 2.18 mi

d)

x = 4.82 mi

9.

A system consists of two particles at different locations near the origin. Particle 1 has a mass of 7.89 kg and is located on the x-axis at x = –5.0 m while Particle 2 has 9.75 kg mass and is located at y = +8.0 m. What is the center of the mass of the two particles at y – axis?

a)

y = 4.42 mj

b)

y = - 3.21 mj

c)

y = 5.03 mj

d)

y = - 1.25 mj

10.

A system consists of two particles at different locations near the origin. Particle 1 has a mass of 7.89 kg and is located on the x-axis at x = –5.0 m while Particle 2 has 9.75 kg mass and is located at y= +8.0 m. What is the vector coordinates of the given problem?

a)

r = 4.82 mi – 3.21 mj

b)

r = -1.68 mi – 1.25 mj

c)

r = - 2.24 mi + 4.42 mj

d)

r = 2.18mi + 5.03 mj