Bryce, a mouse lover, keeps his four pet mice in a roomy cage, where they spend much of their spare time–when they\'re not sleeping or eating–joyfully scampering about on the cage\'s floor. bryce tracks his mice\'s health diligently and just now recorded their masses as 0.0225 kg, 0.0223 kg, 0.0197 kg, and 0.0127 kg. at this very instant the x and y components of the mice\'s velocities are, respectively, (0.869 m/s, -0.283 m/s), (-0.883 m/s, -0.253 m/s), (0.345 m/s, 0.803 m/s), and (-0.555 m/s, 0.205 m/s). calculate the x and y components of bryce\'s mice\'s total momentum, px and py.

mice total momentum (-0.000250, 0.00639) Kg m

Explanation:

To calculate the moment of the mice we must multiply their mass by their velocities, remember that the moment is a vector quantity, so we use the components of velocity

mouse 1

  m1 = 0.0225 Kg

  V1 = (0.869, -0.283) m / s

  Px = m Vx

  Px1 = 0.0225 0.869

  Px1 = 0.01955 Kg m

  Py = m Vy

  Py1 = 0.0225 (-0.283)

  Py1 = -0.006368 Kg m

  P1 = (0.0196, -0.00637) Kg m

Mouse 2

 m2 = 0.0223 Kg

 Px2 = 0.0223 (-0.883) = -0.0196 Kg m

 Py2 = 0.0223 (-0.253) = -0.00564 Kg m

 P2 = (-0.0196, -0.00564) Kg m

Mouse 3

 m3 = 0.0197

 Px3 = 0.0197 0.345 = 0.00680 Kg m

 Py3 = 0.0197 0.803 = 0.0158 Kg m

 P3 = (0.00680, 0.0158) Kg m

Mouse4

  m4 = 0.0127 Kg

  Px4 = 0.0127 (-0.555) = -0.00705 Kg m

  Py4 = 0.0127 0.205 = 0.00260 Kg m

  P4 = (-0.00705, 0.00260) Kg m

To find the total momentum we must add each component of the individual moments

   Px = Px1 + Px2 + Px3 + Px4  

   Py = py1 + Py2 + Py3 + Py4

   Px = 0.0196 -0.0196 +0.00680 -0.00705

   Px = -0,000250 Kg m

   Py = -0.00637 -0.00564 +0.0158 +0.00260

   Py = 0.00639 Kg m

   P = (-0.000250, 0.00639) Kg m

the independent variable, the one that is intentionally manipulated, is whether or not the car hits the barrier.

the dependent variable, the one that you measure the response in, is the distance that the washers travel.