A thin metal rod of mass 1.5 kg and length 0.8 m is at rest in outer space, near a space station (see figure below). A tiny meteorite with mass 0.05 kg traveling at a high speed of 190 m/s strikes the rod a distance 0.2 m from the center and bounces off with speed 60 m/s as shown in the diagram. The magnitudes of the initial and final angles to the x axis of the small mass's velocity are 26° and 82°.

a. Afterward, what is the velocity of the center of the rod? (Express your answer in vector form.)

b.Afterward, what is the angular velocity ω→ of the rod? (Express your answer in vector form.)

c.What is the increase in internal energy of the objects?

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The total momentum and total angular momentum are both conserved in collision Therefore we can write ... View the full answer