Question:Ethan, whose mass is 80
kgkg,
stands at one end of a very long, stationary wheeled...
Question
Ethan, whose mass is 80
kgkg,
stands at one end of a very long, stationary wheeled...
Ethan, whose mass is 80 kgkg,
stands at one end of a very long, stationary wheeled cart that has
a mass of 260 kgkg.
He then starts sprinting toward the other end of the cart. He soon
reaches his top speed of 8.0
m/sm/s,
measured relative to the cart.
What is
the cart’s speed when Ethan reaches top speed?
A
2.0kgkgblock
of wood sits on a frictionless table. A 3.0
ggbullet,
fired horizontally at a speed of 520 m/sm/s
,goes
completely through the block, emerging at a speed of 200
m/sm/s
What is the speed of the block
immediately after the bullet exits?