Consider these situations: ( i ) a ball moving at speed v is brought to rest;

Example: A 10 g bullet is fired at a steel plate. The velocity of the bullet just before it strikes the plate is 200 m/s. The contact time for the bullet and the plate is 1 ms. Assume all motion is along one dimension. • If the bullet stops after contact, what is the average force applied to the bullet by the steel plate? • If the bullet rebounds from the steel plate with a speed of 90 m/s what average force was applied to the bullet by the steel plate? • How would these values change if the contact time was extended to 1 ms? a) b) c)

Consider these situations: (i) a ball moving at speed v is brought to rest; (ii) the same ball is projected from rest so that it moves at speed v; (iii) the same ball moving at speed v is brought to rest and then projected backward to its original speed. In which case(s) does the ball undergo the largest change in momentum? 1. (i) 2. (i) and (ii) 3. (i), (ii), and (iii) 4. (ii) 5. (ii) and (iii) 6. (iii)

Consider two carts, of masses mand 2m, at rest on an air track. If you push first one cart for 3 s and then the other for the same length of time, exerting equal force on each, the momentum of the light cart is 1. four times 2. twice 3. equal to 4. one-half 5. one-quarter the momentum of the heavy cart.

Consider two carts, of masses mand 2m, at rest on an air track. If you push first one cart for 3 s and then the other for the same length of time, exerting equal force on each, the kinetic energy of the light cart is 1. larger than 2. equal to 3. smaller than the kinetic energy of the heavy car. The smaller mass undergoes a larger acceleration and therefore has a larger final velocity.

Suppose a ping-pong ball and a bowling ball are rolling toward you. Both have the same momentum, and you exert the same force to stop each. How do the time intervals to stop them compare? 1. It takes less time to stop the ping-pong ball. 2. Both take the same time. 3. It takes more time to stop the ping-pong ball.

Suppose a ping-pong ball and a bowling ball are rolling toward you. Both have the same momentum, and you exert the same force to stop each. How do the distances needed to stop them compare? 1. It takes a shorter distance to stop the ping-pong ball. 2. Both take the same distance. 3. It takes a longer distance to stop the ping-pong ball.

Conservation of momentum The total momentum of a system is conserved if there are no external forces acting on the system. pi – Total initial momentum of system pf – Total final momentum of system 0 Example: A 10 kg package is dropped from rest into a 20 kg cart that is initially moving with a speed of 10 m/s. What is the horizontal speed of the cart and package? We are only interested in the horizontal motion, so we will only examined the momentum in the horizontal direction. It may be necessary to look in the vertical direction as well in other situations!

Consider these situations: ( i ) a ball moving at speed v is brought to rest;