Saturday, May 5, 2012

Surfing For A Car Moving At 50?

Lizzie asks…Which has more momentum, a one-ton car moving at 100 km/h or a 2-ton truck moving at 50 km/h?Nancy answers:Momentum is defined as mass times velocity. You should really convert tons to kg, but since they are both in tons, the conversion will be directly related, so the momentum is equal.Paul asks…A car moving at 50 km/h skids 15m with locked brakes. show with locke brakes at 150 km/m the car will skid 135?Nancy answers:1st conditiion;-
=>By the energy law relation:-
=>W =

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