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A car is traveling down a highway. It was moving with a velocity of 50m/s when the driver reads the speed limit and has to decelerate with a
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A car is traveling down a highway. It was moving with a velocity of 50m/s when the driver reads the speed limit and has to decelerate with an acceleration of -5m/s for 2 seconds. What is the momentum of this 500kg car after it decelerates?
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2021-08-18T03:52:42+00:00
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Answer:
20,000 kg m/s
Explanation:
Given:
v₀ = 50 m/s
a = -5 m/s²
t = 2 s
Find: v
v = at + v₀
v = (-5 m/s²) (2 s) + (50 m/s)
v = 40 m/s
p = mv
p = (500 kg) (40 m/s)
p = 20,000 kg m/s