Impulse and Momentum

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Impulse and Momentum: Overview

This topic covers concepts, such as, Change in Momentum, Momentum, SI Unit of Momentum, Principle of Conservation of Momentum, Collision & Impulse etc.

Important Questions on Impulse and Momentum

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What happens to the velocity when two objects collide?

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Explain how momentum gets conserved in the collision of two bodies?

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How can we calculate the momentum of a body if its initial and final momentum are given? Justify.

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We can calculate momentum if mass and velocity are known. Justify.

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A boy of mass 50 kg jumps out of a rowing boat of 300 kg on to the bank with a horizontal velocity of 3 m s-1. With what velocity does the boat begin to move backwards?

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A bullet of mass 10 g travelling at 200 m s-1strikes and remains embedded in a 2 kg freely suspended wooden block. What is the velocity acquired by the block?

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A gun of mass M kg fires a shell of mass 1.5 kg with a velocity of 150 m s-1 and recoils with a velocity of 1.5 m s-1. Calculate the mass of the gun.

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A gun of mass 1000 kg fires a shell of mass 2 kg with a velocity of 200 m/s. Calculate the velocity of recoil of the gun.

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A man throws a ball weighing 500 g vertically upwards with a speed of 10 m/s. What will be its initial momentum?

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What is the momentum of a 6.0 kg bowling ball in kg m s-1 with a velocity of 2.2 m s-1?

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Two balls A and B of masses m and 3m are in motion with velocities 3v and v respectively. Their momenta are in the ratio

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If the mass of an object is m, velocity is v and acceleration is a, then its momentum p will be _____.

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The momentum of an object depends upon

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The unit of measuring the momentum of a moving body is

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A body of mass m=3.513 kg is moving along the x-axis with a speed of 5.00 ms-1. The magnitude of its momentum (according to significant figures) is recorded as -

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A body of mass m=3.513 kg is moving along the x-axis with a speed of 5.00 ms-1. The momentum of the body is?

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The unit of momentum is