Answer to Question #324629 in Mechanics | Relativity for Sniper02

Question

Hilda Spellman was baking a pie for Sabrina’s 16th birthday, when the dough won’t roll flat on the kitchen table. She hit the 20 cm dough flat using a spatula moving at a velocity of 30 m/s downward, until the dough is 5 mm thick. The dough remained immobile throughout the process.

1. If the spring constant of the dough is equal to 50, what is the momentum of the dough?
2. What kind of collision is observed in the scenario?

Answer 1

Answer

1.the momentum of the dough is

P=mv

2.this is elastic type collision.