Physics Technology Update (4th Edition)

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

Chapter 9 - Linear Momentum and Collisions - Problems and Conceptual Exercises - Page 290: 22

Answer

$31Kg$

Work Step by Step

According to law of conservation of momentum $p_1x+p_2x=0$ $\implies m_1v_1x+m_2v_2x=0$ This can be rearranged as: $m_2=\frac{-m_1v_1x}{v_2x}$ We plug in the known values to obtain: $m_2=\frac{-(45)(-0.62)}{0.89}$ $m_2=31Kg$
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