A super ball and a wet lump of clay each of mass 4.0 kg, are thrown at a wall with the same speed of 6.0 m/s in the positive x-direction. The ball bounces off the wall with no loss in speed, but the clay sticks. What are the changes in momentum of the ball and the clay, respectively?
A super ball and a wet lump of clay each of mass 4.0 kg, are thrown at a wall with the same speed of 6.0 m/s in the positive x-direction. The ball bounces off the wall with no loss in speed, but the clay sticks. What are the changes in momentum of the ball and the clay, respectively?
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Transcribed Image Text:A super ball and a wet lump of clay each of mass 4.0 kg are thrown at a wall with the same speed of 6.0 m/s in the positive x-direction. The ball bounces off the wall with no loss in speed, but the clay sticks. What are the changes in momentum of the ball and the clay, respectively?
Select one:
- a. -48 N·s, -24 N·s
- b. 0 N·s, 48 N·s
- c. 24 N·s, -48 N·s
- d. None of these choices.
- e. -24 N·s, -24 N·s
- f. 48 N·s, -48 N·s
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