Two manned satellites are approaching one another at a relative speed of 0.235 m/s, intending to dock. The first has a mass of 3.95 × 103 kg, and the second a mass of 10.8 × 103 kg. a)Calculate the final velocity, in meters per second, of the two satellites after docking, in the frame of reference in which the first satellite is initially at rest. Take the initial velocity of the second satellite to be in the positive direction. b)What is the change in kinetic energy, in joules, in this inelastic collision? c) Calculate the final velocity of the satellites, in meters per second, in the frame of reference in which the second satellite is initially at rest. Take the initial velocity of the first satellite to be in the negative direction. d)What is the change in kinetic energy, in joules, in this frame of reference.
Two manned satellites are approaching one another at a relative speed of 0.235 m/s, intending to dock. The first has a mass of 3.95 × 103 kg, and the second a mass of 10.8 × 103 kg.
a)Calculate the final velocity, in meters per second, of the two satellites after docking, in the frame of reference in which the first satellite is initially at rest. Take the initial velocity of the second satellite to be in the positive direction.
b)What is the change in kinetic energy, in joules, in this inelastic collision?
c) Calculate the final velocity of the satellites, in meters per second, in the frame of reference in which the second satellite is initially at rest. Take the initial velocity of the first satellite to be in the negative direction.
d)What is the change in kinetic energy, in joules, in this frame of reference.
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