H Halcyon32 Full Member 7+ Year Member Sep 3, 2015 #1 Advertisement - Members don't see this ad The answer is B, and the solutions manual says that the horizontal momentum of the two masses is 0 but I don't understand why. Anyone care to explain why that's the case and we only use vertical momentum of the 10 kg mass and no horizontal momentums
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad The answer is B, and the solutions manual says that the horizontal momentum of the two masses is 0 but I don't understand why. Anyone care to explain why that's the case and we only use vertical momentum of the 10 kg mass and no horizontal momentums
popopopop Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member Sep 3, 2015 #2 Horizontal component ends up cancelling each other out, 5= 5. Cos 60 x 10 = 5 x Cos 1 Then you use m1v1 = (m1+m2)v2 for ineleastic collision using the vertical velocity, solve for v2 and it ends up being B. Upvote 0 Downvote
Horizontal component ends up cancelling each other out, 5= 5. Cos 60 x 10 = 5 x Cos 1 Then you use m1v1 = (m1+m2)v2 for ineleastic collision using the vertical velocity, solve for v2 and it ends up being B.
H Halcyon32 Full Member 7+ Year Member Sep 3, 2015 #3 popopopop said: Horizontal component ends up cancelling each other out, 5= 5. Cos 60 x 10 = 5 x Cos 1 Then you use m1v1 = (m1+m2)v2 for ineleastic collision using the vertical velocity, solve for v2 and it ends up being B. Click to expand... Oh wow thats simple. I try to do calculations like that in my head but I guess I just slipped up. Thanks a lot! Upvote 0 Downvote
popopopop said: Horizontal component ends up cancelling each other out, 5= 5. Cos 60 x 10 = 5 x Cos 1 Then you use m1v1 = (m1+m2)v2 for ineleastic collision using the vertical velocity, solve for v2 and it ends up being B. Click to expand... Oh wow thats simple. I try to do calculations like that in my head but I guess I just slipped up. Thanks a lot!
