From a stable condition, a truck(with mass 563 kg) started moving at a uniform acceleration of . After moving for 75 s, a collision happened between the truck and a stable car(with mass 350 kg). The truck was moving at a velocity of after the collision.
Does the above event follow the conservation of momentum?
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Relevant wiki: Conservation of Momentum
The mass of the truck and car is m 1 = 5 6 3 kg and m 2 = 3 5 0 kg respectively.
The condition for answer being yes: p 1 = p 2 ⟹ m 1 u 1 + m 2 u 2 = ( m 1 + m 2 ) v ′ .
u 1 = v = u + a t = 0 + 0 . 4 × 7 5 [ a = 0 . 4 ms − 2 , t = 7 5 s ] = 3 0 ms − 1 .
u 2 = 0 ms − 1
v ′ = 1 6 . 8 5 ms − 1
The total momentum before the collision:
p 1 = m 1 u 1 + m 2 u 2 = 5 6 3 × 3 0 + 3 5 0 × 0 = 1 6 8 9 0 kg ms − 1
The total momentum after the collision:
p 2 = ( m 1 + m 2 ) v ′ = ( 5 6 3 + 3 5 0 ) ( 1 6 . 8 5 ) = 1 5 3 8 4 . 0 5 kg ms − 1
We get p 1 = p 2 . Hence the answer is no.