Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Momentum and Newton's laws of motion

Momentum and Newton's laws of motion — practice question

Steel pellets, each having a mass of $0.60$ g, drop straight down onto a horizontal plate at a rate of $100$ pellets per minute. They arrive at the plate with a velocity of $5.0\,\text{m s}^{-1}$ and then bounce back with a velocity of $4.0\,\text{m s}^{-1}$. What is the average force exerted on the plate by the pellets?

  • A$0.0010\,$N
  • B$0.0054\,$N
  • C$0.0090\,$N
  • D$0.54\,$N

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