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 This diagram shows two identical objects about to make a head-on collision. The objects stick together during the collision. Determine the final speed of the objects. State the direction in which they move.

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Important Questions on Momentum

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(a) Explain what is meant by an:

(i) Elastic collision

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(a) Explain what is meant by an:

(ii) Inelastic collision

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A snooker ball of mass 0.35 kg hits the side of a snooker table at right angles and bounces off also at right angles. Its speed before collision is 2.8 m s-1 and its speed after is 2.5 ms-1. Calculate the change in the momentum of the ball.
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 Explain whether or not momentum is conserved in the situation described in part b.
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A car of mass 1100 kg is travelling at 24 m s-1. The driver applies the brakes and the car decelerates uniformly and comes to rest in 20 s.

(a) Calculate the change in momentum of the car.

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A car of mass 1100 kg is travelling at 24 m s-1. The driver applies the brakes and the car decelerates uniformly and comes to rest in 20 s.Calculate the braking force on the car.

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(c) A car of mass 1100 kg is travelling at 24 m s-1. The driver applies the brakes and the car decelerates uniformly and comes to rest. Determine the braking distance of the car.

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A marble of mass 100 g is moving at a speed of 0.40 m s-1 in the x -direction.

 Calculate the marble's momentum. The marble strikes a second, identical marble. Each moves off at an angle of 45° to the x -direction.