Home
Class 9
PHYSICS
Calculate the momentum of the following:...

Calculate the momentum of the following:
(a) an elephant of mass 2000 kg moving at 5 m/s
(b) a bullet of mass 0.02 kg moving at 400 m/s

Text Solution

Verified by Experts

The correct Answer is:
(a) 10000 kg.m/s (b)8 kg.m/s
Promotional Banner

Topper's Solved these Questions

  • FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise Exercise|145 Videos

  • GRAVITATION

    LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR|Exercise NCERT book|1 Videos

Similar Questions

Explore conceptually related problems

Calculate the momentum of a toy car of mass 200 g moving with a speed of 5 m/s.

What is the kinetic energy of a vehicle having a mass of 2000 kg and moving at 20 m/s.

Calculate the angular momentum of a bike of mass 500 kg moving in a circular track of radius 20 m with a speed of 30 m/s.

Calculate the angular momentum of a truck of mass 2000 kg moving in a circular track of radius 2000 cm with a speed of 50 ms^(-1) .

A wooden bob of mass 1 kg is suspended from a string of length 1 m . It is struck by a bullet of mass 0.02 kg , moving with a speed of 300 m/s , such that the bullet gets embedded inside it . Calculate the maximum height up to which the bob will rise after the impact .

Determine the angular momentum of a car of mass 200 kg moving in a circular track of diameter 100 m with a speed of 40 m//s .

what will be the wavelength of a ball of mass 0.1 kg moving with a velocity of 10 m s^(-1) ?

LAKHMIR SINGH & MANJIT KAUR-FORCE AND LAWS OF MOTION-Exercise
  1. What is the change in momentum of a car weighing 1500 kg when its spee...

    Text Solution

    |

  2. A body of mass 25 kg has a momentum of 125 kg.m/s. Calculate the veloc...

    Text Solution

    |

  3. Calculate the momentum of the following: (a) an elephant of mass 200...

    Text Solution

    |

  4. Which of the two, balanced forces or unbalanced forces, can change the...

    Text Solution

    |

  5. Describe the term 'inertia' with respect to motion.

    Text Solution

    |

  6. On what factor does the inertia of a body depend ? Which has more iner...

    Text Solution

    |

  7. A person in a bus tends to fall backward, when it starts suddenly?

    Text Solution

    |

  8. Why does a person in a bus tends to fall forward when it stops suddenl...

    Text Solution

    |

  9. When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it, Explain.

    Text Solution

    |

  10. When a branch of a tree is shaken, some of the fruits may fall down. W...

    Text Solution

    |

  11. Explain why, it is dangerous to jump out of a moving bus.

    Text Solution

    |

  12. What is the momentum in kg.m/s of a 10 kg car travelling at (a) 5 m/s ...

    Text Solution

    |

  13. (a) Define momentum of a body. On what factors does the momentum of a ...

    Text Solution

    |

  14. (a) Define the term 'force'. (b) State the various effects of force.

    Text Solution

    |

  15. Give one example each where: (a) a force moves a stationary body. ...

    Text Solution

    |

  16. (a) What do you understand by the terms "balanced forces" and "unbalan...

    Text Solution

    |

  17. (a) What happens to the passengers travelling in the bus when the bus...

    Text Solution

    |

  18. When a tooothpaste tube is squeezed, its shape changes. The force resp...

    Text Solution

    |

  19. The inertia of an object tends to cause the object

    Text Solution

    |

  20. When we talk of a force acting on a body, it usually means:

    Text Solution

    |