Ch.3 Collisions PDF
Ch.3 Collisions PDF
Collisions
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1. A particle P of mass 1.5 kg is moving along a straight horizontal line with speed 3 m s–1.
Another particle Q of mass 2.5 kg is moving, in the opposite direction, along the same
straight line with speed 4 m s–1. The particles collide. Immediately after the collision the
direction of motion of P is reversed and its speed is 2.5 m s–1.
(b) State whether or not the direction of motion of Q is changed by the collision.
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(c) Calculate the magnitude of the impulse exerted by Q on P, giving the units of your
answer.
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2. Two small steel balls A and B have mass 0.6 kg and 0.2 kg respectively. They are moving
towards each other in opposite directions on a smooth horizontal table when they collide
directly. Immediately before the collision, the speed of A is 8 m s–1 and the speed of B is
2 m s–1. Immediately after the collision, the direction of motion of A is unchanged and the
speed of B is twice the speed of A. Find
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2. (a) Two particles A and B, of mass 3 kg and 2 kg respectively, are moving in the same
direction on a smooth horizontal table when they collide directly. Immediately before
the collision, the speed of A is 4 m s–1 and the speed of B is 1.5 m s–1. In the collision,
the particles join to form a single particle C.
(b) Two particles P and Q have mass 3 kg and m kg respectively. They are moving
towards each other in opposite directions on a smooth horizontal table. Each particle
has speed 4 m s–1, when they collide directly. In this collision, the direction of motion
of each particle is reversed. The speed of P immediately after the collision is 2 m s–1
and the speed of Q is 1 m s–1. Find
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2. Two particles A and B have mass 0.4 kg and 0.3 kg respectively. They are moving in
opposite directions on a smooth horizontal table and collide directly. Immediately before
the collision, the speed of A is 6 m s–1 and the speed of B is 2 m s–1. As a result of the
collision, the direction of motion of B is reversed and its speed immediately after
the collision is 3 m s–1. Find
(a) the speed of A immediately after the collision, stating clearly whether the direction of
motion of A is changed by the collision,
(4)
(b) the magnitude of the impulse exerted on B in the collision, stating clearly the units in
which your answer is given.
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4. A particle P of mass 0.3 kg is moving with speed u m s–1 in a straight line on a smooth
horizontal table. The particle P collides directly with a particle Q of mass 0.6 kg, which
is at rest on the table. Immediately after the particles collide, P has speed 2 m s–1 and Q
has speed 5 m s–1. The direction of motion of P is reversed by the collision. Find
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2. Two particles A and B, of mass 0.3 kg and m kg respectively, are moving in opposite
directions along the same straight horizontal line so that the particles collide directly.
Immediately before the collision, the speeds of A and B are 8 m s–1 and 4 m s–1 respectively.
In the collision the direction of motion of each particle is reversed and, immediately after
the collision, the speed of each particle is 2 m s–1. Find
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1. Two particles A and B have masses 4 kg and m kg respectively. They are moving towards
each other in opposite directions on a smooth horizontal table when they collide directly.
Immediately before the collision, the speed of A is 5 m s–1 and the speed of B is 3 m s–1.
Immediately after the collision, the direction of motion of A is unchanged and the speed
of A is 1 m s–1.
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1. Two particles P and Q have mass 0.4 kg and 0.6 kg respectively. The particles are initially
at rest on a smooth horizontal table. Particle P is given an impulse of magnitude 3 N s in
the direction PQ.
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3. Two particles A and B are moving on a smooth horizontal plane. The mass of A is km,
where 2 < k < 3 , and the mass of B is m. The particles are moving along the same straight
line, but in opposite directions, and they collide directly. Immediately before they collide
the speed of A is 2u and the speed of B is 4u. As a result of the collision the speed of A is
halved and its direction of motion is reversed.
(a) Find, in terms of k and u, the speed of B immediately after the collision.
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(b) State whether the direction of motion of B changes as a result of the collision,
explaining your answer.
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(c) find, in terms of m and u, the magnitude of the impulse that A exerts on B in the
collision.
(3)
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3. Two particles A and B are moving on a smooth horizontal plane. The mass of A is 2m and
the mass of B is m. The particles are moving along the same straight line but in opposite
directions and they collide directly. Immediately before they collide the speed of A is 2u
and the speed of B is 3u. The magnitude of the impulse received by each particle in the
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collision is .
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Find
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1. A particle A of mass 2 kg is moving along a straight horizontal line with speed 12 m s–1.
Another particle B of mass m kg is moving along the same straight line, in the opposite
direction to A, with speed 8 m s–1. The particles collide. The direction of motion of A
is unchanged by the collision. Immediately after the collision, A is moving with speed
3 m s–1 and B is moving with speed 4 m s–1. Find
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2. Particle P has mass m kg and particle Q has mass 3m kg. The particles are moving
in opposite directions along a smooth horizontal plane when they collide directly.
Immediately before the collision P has speed 4u m s −1 and Q has speed ku m s −1 , where k
is a constant. As a result of the collision the direction of motion of each particle is reversed
and the speed of each particle is halved.
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1. Two particles B and C have mass m kg and 3 kg respectively. They are moving towards
each other in opposite directions on a smooth horizontal table. The two particles collide
directly. Immediately before the collision, the speed of B is 4 m s −1 and the speed of C
is 2 m s −1 . In the collision the direction of motion of C is reversed and the direction of
motion of B is unchanged. Immediately after the collision, the speed of B is 1 m s −1 and
the speed of C is 3 m s −1.
Find
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2. Particle P has mass 3 kg and particle Q has mass 2 kg. The particles are moving in
opposite directions on a smooth horizontal plane when they collide directly. Immediately
before the collision, P has speed 3 m s –1 and Q has speed 2 m s –1. Immediately after the
collision, both particles move in the same direction and the difference in their speeds is
1 m s –1.
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1. A railway truck P, of mass m kg, is moving along a straight horizontal track with speed
15 m s –1. Truck P collides with a truck Q of mass 3000 kg, which is at rest on the same
track. Immediately after the collision the speed of P is 3 m s –1 and the speed of Q is 9 m s –1.
The direction of motion of P is reversed by the collision.
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1. Two particles A and B, of mass 5m kg and 2m kg respectively, are moving in opposite
directions along the same straight horizontal line. The particles collide directly. Immediately
before the collision, the speeds of A and B are 3 m s –1 and 4 m s –1 respectively. The
direction of motion of A is unchanged by the collision. Immediately after the collision, the
speed of A is 0.8 m s –1.
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1. Two particles P and Q have masses 4m and m respectively. The particles are moving
towards each other on a smooth horizontal plane and collide directly. The speeds of P
and Q immediately before the collision are 2u and 5u respectively. Immediately after the
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collision, the speed of P is u and its direction of motion is reversed.
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(a) Find the speed and direction of motion of Q after the collision.
(4)
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1. Two particles A and B, of mass 2 kg and 3 kg respectively, are moving towards each other
in opposite directions along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal surface. The
particles collide directly. Immediately before the collision the speed of A is 5 m s–1 and
the speed of B is 6 m s–1. The magnitude of the impulse exerted on B by A is 14 N s. Find
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1. Particle P has mass 3 kg and particle Q has mass m kg. The particles are moving in opposite
directions along a smooth horizontal plane when they collide directly. Immediately before
the collision, the speed of P is 4 m s–1 and the speed of Q is 3 m s–1. In the collision the
direction of motion of P is unchanged and the direction of motion of Q is reversed.
Immediately after the collision, the speed of P is 1 m s–1 and the speed of Q is 1.5 m s–1.
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