Olaf is standing on a sheet of ice that covers the football stadium parking lot

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Olaf is standing on a sheet of ice that covers the football stadium parking lot in Buffalo, New York; there is negligible friction between his feet and the ice. A friend throws Olaf a ball of mass 0.400kg that is traveling horizontally at 10.1m/s . Olaf's mass is 69.0kg .(Figure 1)

1-If Olaf catches the ball, with what speed

vf do Olaf and the ball move afterward?

Olaf is standing on a sheet of ice that covers the football stadium parking lot in Buffalo, New York; there is negligible friction between his feet and the ice. A friend throws Olaf a ball of mass 0.400kg that is traveling horizontally at 10.1m/s . Olaf's mass is 69.0kg .(Figure 1) If Olaf catches the ball, with what speed vf do Olaf and the ball move afterward? If the ball hits Olaf and bounces off his chest horizontally at 8.60 m/s in the opposite direction, what is his speed vf after the collision?

Explanation / Answer

1)let his speed be v.so, conserving momentum,

0.4*10.1=(69+0.4)*v

or v=0.058 m/s

2)again conserving momentum,

0.4*10.1=(69)*v-0.4*8.6

or v=0.108 m/s

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