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A 7kg bowling ball collided head on with a stationary 2kg bowling pin. The pin flies forward with a velocity of 11.04 m/s. If the ball continues forward with a speed of 1.8 m/s what was the initial velocity of the ball?

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We will have the following:

We are given the following:


\begin{cases}m_{\text{ball}}=9\operatorname{kg} \\ m_(pin)=2\operatorname{kg} \\ v_(pin)=11.04m/s \\ v_{\text{ball}}=1.8m/s\end{cases}

So, we will have to proceed as follows:

First, we calculate the momentum of the pin:


\tau_(pin)=(2\operatorname{kg})(11.04m/s)\Rightarrow\tau_(pin)=22.08\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s

Now, we calculate the final momentum of the ball:


\tau_{f\text{ball}}=(7\operatorname{kg})(1.8m/s^2)\Rightarrow\tau_{\text{fball}}=12.6\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s

Now, we will have that the original momentum of the ball would be:


\tau_{\text{iball}}=\tau_{\text{fball}}+\tau_(pin)\Rightarrow\tau_{\text{iball}}=12.6\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s+22.08\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s
\Rightarrow\tau_{\text{iball}}=34.68\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s

Now, we find it's initial speed:


\tau_{\text{iball}}=m\cdot v_i\Rightarrow34.68\operatorname{kg}\cdot m/s=(7\operatorname{kg})\cdot v_i
\Rightarrow v_i=(867)/(175)m/s\Rightarrow v_i\approx4.95m/s

So, the initial speed of the ball was of 867/175 m/s, that is approximately 4.95 m/s.

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