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A ship and Morty are at rest. The ship fires a snake at Morty with velocity vsi=+100m/s.
snake mass= 2.00kg
morty mass= 60.0kg
ship mass= 300kg
a) What is the ship's velocity after it fires the snake?
b) What is Morty's velocity after he collides elastically with the
snake?
c) After hitting Morty, can the snake ever catch up with the ship?
Explain.
Summary.
a. The velocity of the ship= - 0.666m/s
b The velocity of Morty after collision= 6.45 m/s
c. Velocity of snake after collision= - 93.54m/s.
The snake can surely catch up with the ship as iths velocity is greater than the ships valocity . ( -0.666m/s) and both are traveling in same direction.