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Modern Physics

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ISBN:9781111794378

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Clement J. Moses, Curt A. Moyer

Chapter2: Relativity Ii

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 31P: A particle of mass m moving along the x-axis with a velocity component +u collides head-on and...

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Two rocks collide in outer space. Before the collision, one rock had mass 12 kg and velocity ‹ 4300, −3000, 2550 › m/s. The other rock had mass 5 kg and velocity ‹ −500, 1900, 3600 › m/s. A 1 kg chunk of the first rock breaks off and sticks to the second rock. After the collision the 11 kg rock has velocity ‹ 1550, 250, 2000 › m/s. After the collision, what is the velocity of the other rock, whose mass is now 6 kg?

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Given data:

Mass of one rock, $m_{1} = 12 kg$

Velocity, $v_{1} = <4300, - 3000, 2550> m / s$

Mass of other rock, $m_{2} = 5 kg$

Velocity, $v_{2} = <- 500, 1900, 3600> m / s$

Mass of rock, $m_{3} = 11 kg$

Velocity, $v_{3} = <1550, 250, 2000> m / s$

Mass of rock, $m_{4} = 6 kg$

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