Description
Your task is to complete the questions in the problem set. Read each question carefully, identifying your given values. Show all formulas and calculations used to solve the problems. Report your answers to the correct number of significant digits and with the correct units.
Questions
Calculate the final speed of a1500 kg roller coaster if it has an initial speed of 16 m/s but reduces its elevation by 8.6 m by coasting down a frictionless incline. (5 marks)
A 0.50 kg cue ball makes a glancing blow to a stationary 0.50 kg billiard ball. After the collision, the cue ball deflects with a speed of 1.2 m/s at an angle of from its original path. Calculate the original speed of the cue ball if the billiard ball ends up travelling at1.6 m/s. (7 marks)
- A bullet of mass is fired at a speed of220 m/s into a5.0 kg sandbag hanging from a string from the ceiling. The sandbag absorbs the bullet and begins to swing. To what maximum vertical height will it rise? (8 marks)