A 5500-kg freight truck accelerates from 4.2 m/s to 7.8 m/s in 15.0 s by the application of a constant force. What change in momentum occurs?

Damaris Bradshaw

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2023-02-09

A 5500-kg freight truck accelerates from 4.2 m/s to 7.8 m/s in 15.0 s by the application of a constant force. What change in momentum occurs?

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Ryan Donovan

Ryan Donovan

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Given that the initial speed is 4.2 m/s and the final speed is 7.8 m/s
Initial momentum is 5500 × 4.2 = 23100 kg*m/s and
final momentum is 5500 × 7.8 = 42900 kg*m/s
Change in momentum is 42900 - 23100 = 19800 kg*m/s

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