In: Physics
A 34 kg cheetah waits to stalk its prey in the desert, tentatively watching a gazelle.
A. Once he decides to attack, how much net force must the cheetah apply to itself to reach 29 m/s directly west in 3.1 seconds?
b. Shortly after reaching top speed, the cheetah must navigate around a tree. If the cheetah is now moving 23.5 m/s north, what is its change in momentum?
c. Realizing the gazelle he thought he saw was simply a mirage, the cheetah decides to change his course and go hunting elsewhere. Not in much of a hurry the cheetah now moves 23 degrees west of north at 13 m/s. what is the cheetah's new change in momentum?
------------------------------ Solution of part A ---------------------------------
mass of cheeta = 34 Kg
final velocity = 29 m/s
time taken = 3.1 s
and
So force required by cheeta is 318.065 N
------------------------------ Solution of part B ---------------------------------
change in momentum = fnal momentum - initial momentum
------------------------------ Solution of part C ---------------------------------
change in momentum = fnal momentum - initial momentum