Ask Me Help Desk

Ask Me Help Desk (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forum.php)
-   Physics (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/forumdisplay.php?f=258)
-   -   Impulse Question Help (https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showthread.php?t=569637)

  • Apr 11, 2011, 02:29 PM
    gigglez3576
    Impulse Question Help
    A 6kg bowling ball is traveling at 10 m/s is brought to rest after colliding with a wallin a collision that lasts .1s.
    What is the impulse experienced by the ball?

    I calculated that it was -60kgm/s but that is incorrect. Help?
  • Apr 11, 2011, 07:32 PM
    jcaron2
    Hmmmm... it certainly seems like a pretty straightforward question.

    Impulse = change in momentum = 0 - 6*10 = -60 kg*m/s.

    Your answer certainly looks correct to me.

    Do you know what the supposedly "correct" answer is? It could be something stupid like "60 kgm/s backwards", which is exactly the same thing as what you got, of course.

  • All times are GMT -7. The time now is 03:33 AM.