Physics 0625 · IGCSE · Momentum

Momentum — practice question

Fig. 1.1 depicts an ice-hockey player skating on ice. He is getting ready to strike the solid disc known as a puck. The disc, with mass 0.16 kg, is travelling horizontally across the ice at 15 m/s.
(a)[2]

Calculate the magnitude of the disc's momentum.

(b(i))[1]

State the magnitude of the impulse acting on the disc and the direction, in degrees, of the impulse relative to the original direction of travel.

(b(ii))[4]

Determine the magnitude of the new momentum of the disc and its new direction relative to the original direction of travel by drawing a scale diagram.

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