The final velocity of the boy after the collision with snowball is 4.84 m/s at 18.4⁰ north-east
The given parameters;
The initial momentum of the boy is calculated as follows;
[tex]P_y = m_1 u_1\\\\P_y = 25 \times 5\\\\P_y = 125 \ kgm/s \ \ north[/tex]
The initial momentum of the snowball is calculated as follows;
[tex]P_x = m_2 u_2\\\\P_x = 1 \times 15 \ \\\\P_x = 15 \ kgm/s \ \ west[/tex]
The resultant momentum of the boy and the snowball after collision is calculate as follows;
[tex]P_f = \sqrt{P_y^2 + P_x^2} \\\\P_f = \sqrt{125^2 + 15^2} \\\\P_f = 125 .9 \ kgm/s[/tex]
The final velocity of the system boy-snowball system is calculated as;
[tex]v_f(m_1 + m_2)= P_f\\\\v_f = \frac{P_f}{m_1 + m_2} \\\\v_f = \frac{125.9}{25 + 1} \\\\v_f = 4.84 \ m/s[/tex]
The direction of the boy after the collision is calculated as follows;
[tex]\theta = tan^{-1}(\frac{v_y}{v_x} )\\\\\theta = tan^{-1} (\frac{5}{15} )\\\\\theta = 18.4 \ ^0[/tex]
Thus, the final velocity of the boy after the collision with snowball is 4.84 m/s at 18.4⁰ north-east
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