Saturday, March 17, 2012

A 23 kg child is riding a 5.5 kg bike with a velocity of 5.3 m/s to the northwest.What is the total momentum of the child and the bike together?...

Momentum is equal to mass multiplied by velocity.


Given:


Mass of child = 23 kg


Mass of bike = 5.5 kg


Common Velocity of child and bike = 5.3 m/s to northwest


Therefore: momentum of the child = (Mass of child)*Velocity


= 23*5.3 = 121.9 kg x m/s to northwest


And momentum of the bike = (Mass of bike)*Velocity = 5.5*5.3 = 29.15 kg x m/s to northwest


Momentum of bike and child = (Momentum of child) + (Momentum of bike)


= 121.9 + 29.15 = 151.05 kg x m/s to northwest

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