Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 0-32190-308-0
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-308-2

Chapter 29 - Relativity - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 1043: 50

Answer

$0.376m/s$

Work Step by Step

We can determine the required speed as follows: $p_1=\frac{m_1v_1}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v_1^2}{c^2}}}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $p_1=\frac{(88Kg)(2.0m/s)}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{2.0m/s}{3.0m/s})^2}}$ $\implies p_1=236.13Kgm/s$ and $p_2=\frac{(120Kg)(-1.2m/s)}{\sqrt{1-(\frac{-1.2m/s}{3.0m/s})^2}}$ $\implies p_2=-157.117Kgm/s$ According to the law of conservation of momentum $p_1+p_2=p$ $\implies 236.13-157.117=\frac{(88Kg+120Kg)v}{\sqrt{1-\frac{v^2}{c^2}}}$ This simplifies to: $v=0.376m/s$
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