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Chapter 11: Q. 46 (page 289)

Squids rely on jet propulsion to move around. A 1.50 kg squid (including the mass of water inside the squid) drifting at 0.40 m/s suddenly ejects 0.10 kg of water to get itself moving at 2.50 m/s. If drag is ignored over the small interval of time needed to expel the water (the impulse approximation), what is the water’s ejection speed relative to the squid?

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The water's ejection speed relative to the squid-29.40m/s

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Step 1. Given Information

Mass of squid,msquid+water=1.50kg

Speed of squid,vsquid+water=0.40m/s

Mass of water ejected,mw=0.10kg

Speed of the water ejection,vwater=2.5m/s

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Step 2. Applying conservation principle

As the frictional drag is ignored, applying the law of conservation of momentum,

pi=pfmsquid+waterv→iwater+squid==msquidv→fsquid+mwaterv→fwater1.50kg0.40ms=1.40kg2.50ms+0.10kgv→fwaterv→fwater=-29m/s

Now the relative speed,v=-29-0.4=-29.40m/s

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