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Physics · Topic 34

Momentum, impulse and collisions

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Linear momentum and impulse in a collision with a wall

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Linear momentum and impulse in a collision with a wall

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Linear momentum and impulse in a collision with a wall

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Linear momentum of an object from its position change over time

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Impulse-momentum theorem: finding net force from a change in momentum over a short time

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Ranking particles by linear momentum and kinetic energy

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Force from the impulse-momentum theorem

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Impulse and average force from a change in vector momentum

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Linear momentum of an object from its velocity vector

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Kinetic energy identities in terms of momentum (true/false)

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Force from impulse and time

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Riddle: impulse as the time integral of force

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Riddle: impulse as the time integral of force

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Mass of an incoming particle from a perfectly inelastic collision

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Ballistic pendulum: greatest swing height from a perfectly inelastic collision

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Riddle: a constant force (constant acceleration, work as f dot d, impulse as f times t)

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Magnitude of total linear momentum after a perfectly inelastic collision

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Problem of the day: momentum, net force and impulse from a velocity function

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Riddle: elastic collision, characterized by conservation of kinetic energy

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Rate-of-change relationships: momentum-force, angular momentum-torque, pressure-energy density (true/false)

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Conservation of linear momentum requires zero net force (true/false)

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Conserved quantity in a perfectly inelastic collision

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Conserved quantities in an elastic collision

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Force equals the rate of change of momentum, not impulse (true/false)

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Coefficient of restitution from an object's drop and rebound heights

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Coefficient of restitution from drop and rebound heights

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Linear momentum from mass and kinetic energy, p=√(2mke)

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Finding mass from linear momentum and velocity, m=p/v

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Kinetic energy from linear momentum and mass, ke=p²/2m

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True or false: in a head-on collision, one object's speed increase equals the other's speed decrease

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True or false: in a head-on collision, momentum gained by one object equals momentum lost by the other

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True or false: in a head-on collision, kinetic energy gained by one object equals that gained by the other

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Mass from linear momentum magnitude and velocity

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True or false: force is the rate of change of linear momentum

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Kinetic energy from mass and a momentum vector's magnitude

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Initial speed for a perfectly inelastic collision to reach a target common speed

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Common speed after a perfectly inelastic collision, given initial speed

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Kinetic energy from momentum magnitude and mass

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Mass from kinetic energy and momentum magnitude, variant 24j/12ns

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Velocity of an object from mass and a linear momentum vector

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True or false: impulse from a 20kg object's speed change 20→30m/s equals 600n·s

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True or false: impulse from a 20kg object's speed change 20→30m/s equals 1000n·s

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True or false: impulse from a 20kg object's speed change 20→30m/s equals 200n·s

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