1. A firecracker is heading due north with speed v when it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. If one piece is traveling due west with speed v, what is the speed and direction of the second piece? Hint: Call the mass of the firecracker m. Draw a north-south-east-west diagram and overlay a coordinate system (pick an x- and y-direction). Write the initial momentum of the firecracker as a vector (include unit vector notation). Once the firecracker splits in half, what is the mass of each piece? Write the momentum of the piece traveling due west as a vector. Set up a conservation of momentum equation (initial momentum of single firecracker = final momentum of each piece added together), where the components of momentum of the second piece are unknown. Split your equation into components in each direction and solve.

1. A firecracker is heading due north with speed v when it explodes into two pieces of equal mass. If one piece is traveling due west with speed v, what is the speed and direction of the second piece? Hint: Call the mass of the firecracker m. Draw a north-south-east-west diagram and overlay a coordinate system (pick an x- and y-direction). Write the initial momentum of the firecracker as a vector (include unit vector notation). Once the firecracker splits in half, what is the mass of each piece? Write the momentum of the piece traveling due west as a vector. Set up a conservation of momentum equation (initial momentum of single firecracker = final momentum of each piece added together), where the components of momentum of the second piece are unknown. Split your equation into components in each direction and solve.

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

Section: Chapter Questions

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