Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions
MCAT Study Guide



1.  

The following information pertains to questions 1-4.

A target rifle is held horizontally at rest and fired. The bullet with mass mo leaves the barrel of the gun with speed vo, linear momentum of magnitude po and kinetic energy KEo. The gun has mass Mo (>>mo).

The recoil speed of the rifle is ___ vo.



2.  

The magnitude of the linear momentum of the recoiling rifle is ___ po.



3.  

The kinetic energy of the recoiling rifle is ___ KEo.



4.  

If the mass of the bullet had been slightly smaller, the magnitude of the sum of the linear momentum of the bullet and the linear momentum of the gun would have been ___.



5.  

The following information pertains to questions 5-9.

A red object with mass 3 mo moves with a speed of 3 vo toward the north. A blue object with mass 2 mo moves with speed 6vo toward the south. A perfectly inelastic collision occurs in which the two objects stick together and move as one object after the collision.

The total kinetic energy of the two objects just after the collision is ___ the total kinetic energy of the two objects just before the collision.



6.  

The magnitude of the sum of the linear momentum of the two objects just after the collision is ___ the magnitude of the sum of the linear momentum of the two objects just before the collision.



7.  

The magnitude of the total linear momentum of the two objects just before the collision is movo x ___.



8.  

If the speed of the red object had been slightly more, the magnitude of the total linear momentum of the two objects would have been ___.



9.  

Immediately after the collision, the two objects will ___.



10.  

The following information pertains to questions 10-12.

A bomb of mass 4 mo initially at rest explodes into two pieces. One piece with a mass 3 mo moves toward the east with speed vo and kinetic energy KEo.

The speed of the second bomb fragment will be vo x ___.



11.  

The kinetic energy of the second bomb fragment is ___ KEo.



12.  

A second bomb with more powder than the first one also initially at rest explodes into two pieces. The masses of these two pieces are the same as for the first bomb. The magnitude of the total linear momentum of the two bomb fragments for this second bomb is ___ the magnitude of the total linear momentum of the bomb fragments in the first explosion.

Note: answer choices in this exercise are randomized.

MCAT Study Guide: From The Virtual Prof's Physics Study Guide for the MCAT, ©1997 by Glen Terrell, University of Texas at Arlington, and RonJon Publishing, Inc. Used by permission of Glen Terrell. For more information, go to http://www.virtualprof.com

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