The slope represents the acceleration
<span>According to Newton's first law of motion:
-- objects at rest will remain at rest unless acted upon by an outside force
-- objects in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by an outside force
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"<em>F = dP/dt. </em> The net force acting on an object is equal to the rate at which its momentum changes."
These days, we break up "the rate at which momentum changes" into its units, and then re-combine them in a slightly different way. So the way WE express and use the 2nd law of motion is
"<em>F = m·A.</em> The net force on an object is equal to the product of the object's mass and its acceleration."
The two statements say exactly the same thing. You can take either one and work out the other one from it, just by working with the units.
Answer:
0.278 m/s
Explanation:
We can answer the problem by using the law of conservation of momentum. In fact, the total momentum before the collision must be equal to the total momentum after the collision.
So we can write:
where
m = 0.200 kg is the mass of the koala bear
u = 0.750 m/s is the initial velocity of the koala bear
M = 0.350 kg is the mass of the other clay model
v is their final combined velocity
Solving the equation for v, we get