The final velocities of the resulting pieces in terms of
Answer to Problem 47QAP
The final velocities of the resulting pieces in terms of
Explanation of Solution
Given data:
Mass of object
Object breaks into masses of
Formula used:
Momentum,
Where m= mass and
And principle of conservation of linear momentum
Calculation:
After the piece break into two pieces, Piece
Piece
We can use conservation of momentum in order to calculate thefinal velocities of the two pieces.
Since this is a two-dimensional problem, we will need to splitthe momenta into components and solve the x and y component equations.
y component:
x component:
Therefore,
Conclusion:
Thus, for piece
Thus, for piece
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