UNIVERSIDAD TECNOLÓGICA DE BOLÍVAR

Departamento de Física
INSTRUCCIONES TALLER • Resolver los problemas algebráicamente, y solo al final realizar los cálculos numéricos.

1. A billiard ball of mass m = 0.250 kg hits the cushion of a billiard table at an angle of θ1 = 60° at a speed of v1 = 27
m/s. It bounces off at an angle of θ2 = 71° and a speed of v2 = 10 m/s, as shown in 1. (a) What is the magnitude of
the change in momentum of the billiard ball? (b) In which direction does the change of momentum vector point?.

Figure 1: Problema1

2. The electron-volt, eV, is a unit of energy (1 eV =1, 602x10−19 J , 1 MeV = 1, 602x10−13 J). Since the unit of momentum
is an energy unit divided by a velocity unit, nuclear physicists usually specify momenta of nuclei in units of MeV/c,
where c is the speed of light (c = 2, 998x109 m/s). In the same units, the mass of a proton (1, 673x10−27 kg) is given
as 938, 3M eV /c2 . If a proton moves with a speed of 17,400 km/s, what is its momentum in units of MeV/c?.
3. Once a favorite playground sport, dodgeball is becoming increasingly popular among adults of all ages who want to
stay in shape and who even form organized leagues. Gutball is a less popular variant of dodgeball in which players are
allowed to bring their own (typically nonregulation) equipment and in which cheap shots to the face are permitted.
In a gutball tournament against people half his age, a physics professor threw his 0,4 kg soccer ball at a kid throwing
a 0,6 kg basketball. The balls collided in midair (see the figure 2), and the basketball flew off with an energy of 95
J at an angle of 32° relative to its initial path. Before the collision, the energy of the soccer ball was 100. J and the
energy of the basketball was 112 J. At what angle and speed did the soccer ball move away from the collision?

Figure 2: Problema3

4. A wedge of mass m = 36,1 kg is located on a plane that is inclined by an angle θ = 21,3° with respect to the horizontal.
A force F = 302,3 N in the horizontal direction pushes on the wedge, as shown in the figure . The coefficient of kinetic
friction between the wedge and the plane is 0,159. What is the acceleration of the wedge along the plane?

Figure 3: Problema 4

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5. A piñata of mass M = 8 kg is attached to a rope of negligible mass that is strung between the tops of two vertical
poles, as shown in 4. The horizontal distance between the poles is D = 2 m, and the top of the right pole is a vertical
distance h = 0,5 m higher than the top of the left pole. The piñata is attached to the rope at a horizontal position
halfway between the two poles and at a vertical distance s = 1 m below the top of the left pole. Find the tension in
each part of the rope due to the weight of the piñata..

Figure 4: Problema5

6. Three objects with masses m1 = 36,5 kg, m2 19,2 kg, and m3 = 12,5 kg are hanging from ropes that run over pulleys,
as shown in 5 . What is the acceleration of m1?

Figure 5: Problema 6