How much momentum will a dumb-bell of mass 10 kg transfer to the floor if it falls from a height of 80 cm? Take its downward acceleration to be 10m/s2
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Solution
80 cm=0.8 m initialy the dumbell was at rest . let the velocity with which the dumpbell hit the floor be v we know that v^2=u^2+2as where u=0,a=^g v^2=2gs where s=0.8m v^2=2*g*.8 v^2=2*10*.8 v^2=16 v=4 m/s mass of dumpbell=10 kg 'we know momentum=mass*velocity =10*4=40 kg m/s