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4a.) A 0.50 kg water balloon is thrown against a wall at 32 m/s coming to a stop. What was its change in momentum?
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Answer:
-16 kg m/s
Explanation:
Momentum is a vector quantity indicating the “amount of motion” in an object.
The change in momentum of an object is given by:
where:
m is the mass of the object
u is its initial velocity
v is its final velocity
For the water balloon in this problem, we have:
m = 0.50 kg is the mass
u = 32 m/s is the initial velocity
v = 0 m/s (since the balloon comes to a stop)
Therefore, the change in momentum is:
And the negative sign indicates that the direction is opposite to the initial velocity.