A boy with a mass of 50 kg jumps off a 30 kg boat, causing the boat to move to the right at 2 m/sec. The boy j?
again conservation of momentum:
momentum = p = mv = mass * velocity.
boy on boat, , boat @ rest (we have assume this, should have been mentioned in question!). boat being @ rest means boy , boat had 0 momentum start off with!
momentum boat gains + momentum of boy jumps off should sum become 0 well, otherwise momentum not conserved!
momentum of boat:
p(boat) = 30 * 2 = 60
momentum of boy:
p(boy) = 50 * v(boy)
p(boy) + p(boat) = 0
50 * v(boy) + 60 = 0
v(boy) = -60/50 = -6/5 = -1.2 m/sec
instead of saying minus 1.2 1.2 m/sec left!
anyway, i'd got alternative a!
cheers!
a boy mass of 50 kg jumps off 30 kg boat, causing boat move right @ 2 m/sec. boy jumped velocity of ____.
a. -1.2 m/sec
b. 3.3 m/sec
c. 1.1 m/sec
d. 0.2 m/sec
hard plug in numbers me
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