A puck of mass slides on ice with velocity components and

PHYSICS · Subjective · A Level · Physics · Mechanics and materials · Mechanics and materials

Problem

A puck of mass

200\,\text{g}

slides on ice with velocity components

v_x = 3\,\text{m}\,\text{s}^{-1}

and

v_y = 4\,\text{m}\,\text{s}^{-1}

. Calculate: (i) the

x

-component of its momentum, (ii) the magnitude of its resultant momentum.