Question: Please show your full work on a paper Practice: Newton's Laws and Kinematics A rifle (m = 3.0 kg) is used to fire a projectile
Please show your full work on a paper
Practice: Newton's Laws and Kinematics
- A rifle (m = 3.0 kg) is used to fire a projectile (m = 2.0 g). As it accelerated over a distance of 15 cm, the projectile accelerates to a muzzle velocity of 223 m/s (final velocity).
- What is the acceleration of the projectile?
- How much time does it take for the projectile to travel the 15 cm?
- What is the force acting on the projectile during this time?
- Recall Newton's First and Third Laws:
- Draw a FBD for the bullet and for the rifle.
- What is the total force acting on the rifle?
- Assuming no resistance on the gun, what is the rifle's final velocity? (using the time from b)
- An astronaut, floating weightlessly in space, throws a baseball which reaches a final velocity of 15 m/s in 0.10 s. The astronaut weighs 65 kg, and the baseball weighs 250 g. Using similar steps as in question 1, what is the astronaut's final velocity?
- Suppose you are stuck in the middle of a frozen pond, and the ice is frictionless. You also have a bucket of pucks with you. What could you do to get back to the shore?
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