Information givenknown: mass of Christine=60 kgmass of cart= 22 kg mass of hailey=69The two girls on the cart to the left pushing off of Conner take .3833 s to reach a distance of 0.3m. Conner reaches the same distance in 0.2333s. What is the mass of Conner?

Respuesta :

We will have the following:

We use conservation of momentum to solve, that is:

[tex]\begin{gathered} (60kg+22kg+69kg)(0.3m/0.3833s)=(m+22kg)(0.3m/0.233s) \\ \\ \Rightarrow118.1841899kg\ast m/s=(m+22kg)(\frac{300}{233}m/s) \\ \\ \Rightarrow m+22kg=91.78968976kg\Rightarrow m=69.78968976... \\ \\ \Rightarrow m\approx69.8 \end{gathered}[/tex]

So, Conner's mass is approximately 69.8 kg.