Perfectly Inelastic Collision of Raindrops

Perfectly Inelastic Collision of Raindrops#

Two raindrops in a cloud collide perfectly inelastically. The first raindrop has a mass of 0.57 g and is travelling with \(\vec{v_1} =\) (-8.95 \(\hat{\imath}\) - 9.02 \(\hat{\jmath}\)) m/s. The second raindrop has a mass of 0.33 g and is travelling with \(\vec{v_2} =\) (16.3 \(\hat{\imath}\) + 1.29 \(\hat{\jmath}\)) m/s.

Part 1#

What is the resulting velocity of the combined raindrop?

Answer Section#

  • 0.49\(\hat{\imath}\) - 8.3\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

  • 0.31\(\hat{\imath}\) - 5.2\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

  • 0.84\(\hat{\imath}\) - 14.0\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

  • 0.12\(\hat{\imath}\) - 2.1\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

  • -19.0\(\hat{\imath}\) - 10.0\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

  • -12.0\(\hat{\imath}\) - 6.2\(\hat{\jmath}\) m/s

Attribution#

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