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A block of mass m=2.20m=2.20 kg slides down a 30.0^{\circ}30.0 ∘
incline which is 3.60 m high. At the bottom, it strikes a block of mass M=7.00M=7.00 kg which is at rest on a horizontal surface, (Assuming a smooth transition at the bottom of the incline.) If the collision is elastic, and friction can be ignored, determine the speeds of the two blocks (v_mv
m

and v_Mv
M

) after the collision.

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Answer from: Justadumbemo

$v_m \approx -4.38\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}$ (moving toward the incline.)

$v_M \approx 4.02\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}$ (moving away from the incline.)

(Assumption: $g = 9.81\; \rm m \cdot s^{-2}$ .)

Explanation:

If $g = 9.81\; \rm m \cdot s^{-2}$ , the potential energy of the block of $m = 2.20\; \rm kg$ would be $m \cdot g\cdot h = 2.20\; \rm kg \times 9.81\; \rm m \cdot s^{-2} \times 3.60\; \rm m \approx 77.695\; \rm J$ when it was at the top of the incline.

If friction is negligible, all these energies would be converted to kinetic energy when this block reaches the bottom of the incline. There shouldn't be any energy loss along the horizontal surface, either. Therefore, the kinetic energy of this $m = 2.20\; \rm kg\!$ block right before the collision would also be approximately $77.695\; \rm J$ .

Calculate the velocity of that $m = 2.20\; \rm kg$ based on its kinetic energy:

$\displaystyle v_m(\text{initial}) = \sqrt{\frac{2\times (\text{Kinetic Energy})}{m}} \approx \sqrt{\frac{2 \times 77.695\; \rm J}{2.20\; \rm kg}} \approx 8.4043\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}}$ .

A collision is considered as an elastic collision if both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved.

Initial momentum of the two blocks:

$p_m = m \cdot v_m(\text{initial}) \approx 2.20\; \rm kg \times 8.4043\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1} \approx 18.489\; \rm kg \cdot m \cdot s^{-1}$ .

$p_M = M \cdot v_M(\text{initial}) \approx 2.20\; \rm kg \times 0\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1} \approx 0\; \rm kg \cdot m \cdot s^{-1}$ .

Sum of the momentum of each block right before the collision: approximately $18.489\; \rm kg \cdot m \cdot s^{-1}$ .

Sum of the momentum of each block right after the collision: $(m\cdot v_m + m \cdot v_M)$ .

For momentum to conserve in this collision, v_m and v_M should ensure that $m\cdot v_m + m \cdot v_M \approx 18.489\; \rm kg \cdot m \cdot s^{-1}$ .

Kinetic energy of the two blocks right before the collision: approximately $77.695\; \rm J$ and $0\; \rm J$ . Sum of these two values: approximately $77.695\; \rm J\!$ .

Sum of the energy of each block right after the collision:

$\displaystyle \left(\frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot {v_m}^2 + \frac{1}{2}\, M \cdot {v_M}^2\right)$ .

Similarly, for kinetic energy to conserve in this collision, v_m and v_M should ensure that $\displaystyle \frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot {v_m}^2 + \frac{1}{2}\, M \cdot {v_M}^2 \approx 77.695\; \rm J$ .

Combine to obtain two equations about v_m and v_M (given that $m = 2.20\; \rm kg$ whereas $M = 7.00\; \rm kg$ .)

$\left\lbrace\begin{aligned}& m\cdot v_m + m \cdot v_M \approx 18.489\; \rm kg \cdot m \cdot s^{-1} \\ & \frac{1}{2}\, m \cdot {v_m}^2 + \frac{1}{2}\, M \cdot {v_M}^2 \approx 77.695\; \rm J\end{aligned}\right.$ .

Solve for v_m and v_M (ignore the root where v_M = 0 .)

$\left\lbrace\begin{aligned}& v_m \approx -4.38\; \rm m\cdot s^{-1} \\ & v_M \approx 4.02\; \rm m \cdot s^{-1}\end{aligned}\right.$ .

The collision flipped the sign of the velocity of the $m = 2.20\; \rm kg$ block. In other words, this block is moving backwards towards the incline after the collision.

Answer from: Quest

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Answer from: Quest

force is based upon mass and acceleration.the statement is not always true.

it can be explained from newton's second law of motion.

as per newton's second law of motion the rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the applied force and takes place along the direction of force.

mathematically it can be written as -

$f\alpha \frac{dp}{dt}$

⇒ $f= k \frac{dp}{dt}$

here k is the proportionality constant whose value is 1.

$f=\frac{dp}{dt}$

$f= \frac{d[mv]}{dt}$

$f= m\frac{dv}{dt} +v\frac{dm}{dt}$

$f=ma+v\frac{dm}{dt}$ [a is the acceleration=dv/dt]

hence we see that force not only depends on mass and acceleration but also on velocity and rate of change of mass. force f will depend on mass and acceleration only when mass is constant.

hence the statement that force is based upon mass and acceleration is false.

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