A vessel at rest at the origin of an xy coordinate system explodes into three pieces. Just after the explosion, one piece, of mass m, moves with velocity(-30m/s)i^ and a second piece, also of mass m, moves with velocity(-30m/s)j^The third piece has mass 3m. Just after the explosion, What are the (a) magnitude and (b) direction of the velocity of the third piece?

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  1. The magnitude of the velocity of the third piece is, v314m/s
  2. The direction of the velocity of third piece is counterclockwise from +x direction.

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Step 1: Given Data

The mass of onepieceis,m1=m.

The velocityof onepiece is,v1=-30i^.

The mass of second piece is,m2=m.

The velocityofsecond piece is,v2=-30j^.

The mass of the third piece is, m3=3m.

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Determining the concept

By applying conservation of linear momentum, find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the third piece. According to conservation of linear momentum, momentum that characterizes motion never changes in an isolated collection of objects.

Formulae are as follow:

The conservation of linear momentum,mv0=m1v1+m2v2+m3v3

The angle from +x axis is,θ=tan-1yx

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(a) Determining the magnitude of the velocity of the third piece

Let, the mass of onepiece bem1=m, its velocity berole="math" localid="1661486686938" v1=-30i^,the mass of second piece bem2=m, its velocity bev2=-30j^, the mass of the third piece be.

According to conservation of linear momentum,

mv0=m1v1+m2v2+m3v30=m-30i^+m-30j^+3mv3v3=m30i^+m30j^3mv3=10i^+10j^m/s

Hence, its magnitudev3is given by,

v3=102+102v3=102v314m/s

Hence, the magnitude of the velocity of the third piece is 14 m/s.

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(b) Determining the direction of the velocity of third piece

Now,

θ=tan-11010θ=tan-11

Hence,the direction of the velocity of third pieceisθ=45°, counter clockwise from +x direction.

Therefore, by usingthelinear conservation of momentum, the magnitude of velocity and the direction of the third piece can be found.

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