The Law of Action-Reaction (Revisited)

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Collisions are governed by Newton's laws. The law of action-reaction (Newton's third law) explains the nature of the forces between the two interacting objects.   ReadWatchInteract TPCandeLearning What'sNEWatTPC? 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ThePhotoGallery 1-DKinematics Newton'sLaws Vectors-MotionandForcesinTwoDimensions MomentumandItsConservation Work,Energy,andPower CircularMotionandSatelliteMotion ThermalPhysics StaticElectricity CurrentElectricity Waves SoundWavesandMusic LightWavesandColor ReflectionandRayModelofLight RefractionandRayModelofLight Store MyCart SubscriptionSelection SeatCalculator TaskTracker Classes EditProfileSettings TasksandCourses Subscriptions SubscriptionLocator TeacherResources  StudentExtras  Teacher'sGuides ThePhysicsClassroom» PhysicsTutorial»MomentumandItsConservation»TheLawofAction-Reaction(Revisited) MomentumandItsConservation-Lesson2-TheLawofMomentumConservation TheLawofAction-Reaction(Revisited) TheLawofAction-Reaction(Revisited) MomentumConservationPrinciple IsolatedSystemsandCollisionAnalysis CollisionAnalysisandMomentumProblems UsingEquationsasGuidestoThinking MomentumConservationinExplosions Acollisionisaninteractionbetweentwoobjectsthathavemadecontact(usually)witheachother.Asinanyinteraction,acollisionresultsinaforcebeingappliedtothetwocollidingobjects.Newton'slawsofmotiongovernsuchcollisions.InthesecondunitofThePhysicsClassroom,Newton'sthirdlawofmotionwasintroducedanddiscussed.Itwassaidthat... ...ineveryinteraction,thereisapairofforcesactingonthetwointeractingobjects.Thesizeoftheforceonthefirstobjectequalsthesizeoftheforceonthesecondobject.Thedirectionoftheforceonthefirstobjectisoppositetothedirectionoftheforceonthesecondobject.Forcesalwayscomeinpairs-equalandoppositeaction-reactionforcepairs.   Newton'sLawsAppliedtoCollisions Newton'sthirdlawofmotionisnaturallyappliedtocollisionsbetweentwoobjects.Inacollisionbetweentwoobjects,bothobjectsexperienceforcesthatareequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection.Suchforcesoftencauseoneobjecttospeedup(gainmomentum)andtheotherobjecttoslowdown(losemomentum).AccordingtoNewton'sthirdlaw,theforcesonthetwoobjectsareequalinmagnitude.Whiletheforcesareequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection,theaccelerationsoftheobjectsarenotnecessarilyequalinmagnitude.InaccordwithNewton'ssecondlawofmotion,theaccelerationofanobjectisdependentuponbothforceandmass.Thus,ifthecollidingobjectshaveunequalmass,theywillhaveunequalaccelerationsasaresultofthecontactforcethatresultsduringthecollision. Considerthecollisionbetweentheclubheadandthegolfballinthesportofgolf.Whentheclubheadofamovinggolfclubcollideswithagolfballatrestuponatee,theforceexperiencedbytheclubheadisequaltotheforceexperiencedbythegolfball.Mostobserversofthiscollisionhavedifficultywiththisconceptbecausetheyperceivethehighspeedgiventotheballastheresultofthecollision.Theyarenotobservingunequalforcesupontheballandclubhead,butratherunequalaccelerations.Bothclubheadandballexperienceequalforces,yettheballexperiencesagreateraccelerationduetoitssmallermass.Inacollision,thereisaforceonbothobjectsthatcausesanaccelerationofbothobjects.Theforcesareequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection,yettheleastmassiveobjectreceivesthegreatestacceleration. Considerthecollisionbetweenamovingsevenballandaneightballthatisatrestinthesportoftablepool.Whenthesevenballcollideswiththeeightball,eachballexperiencesanequalforcedirectedinoppositedirections.Therightwardmovingsevenballexperiencesaleftwardforcethatcausesittoslowdown;theeightballexperiencesarightwardforcethatcausesittospeedup.Sincethetwoballshaveequalmasses,theywillalsoexperienceequalaccelerations.Inacollision,thereisaforceonbothobjectsthatcausesanaccelerationofbothobjects;theforcesareequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection.Forcollisionsbetweenequal-massobjects,eachobjectexperiencesthesameacceleration.     Considertheinteractionbetweenamaleandfemalefigureskaterinpairfigureskating.Awoman(m=45kg)iskneelingontheshouldersofaman(m=70kg);thepairismovingalongtheiceat1.5m/s.Themangracefullytossesthewomanforwardthroughtheairandontotheice.Thewomanreceivestheforwardforceandthemanreceivesabackwardforce.Theforceonthemanisequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirectiontotheforceonthewoman.Yettheaccelerationofthewomanisgreaterthantheaccelerationofthemanduetothesmallermassofthewoman. Manyobserversofthisinteractionhavedifficultybelievingthatthemanexperiencedabackwardforce."Afterall,"theymightargue,"themandidnotmovebackward."Suchobserversarepresumingthatforcescausemotion.Intheirminds,abackwardforceonthemaleskaterwouldcauseabackwardmotion.ThisisacommonmisconceptionthathasbeenaddressedelsewhereinThePhysicsClassroom.Forcescauseacceleration,notmotion.Themalefigureskaterexperiencesabackwardsforcethatcauseshisbackwardsacceleration.Themaleskaterslowsdownwhilethewomanskaterspeedsup.Ineveryinteraction(withnoexception),thereareforcesactinguponthetwointeractingobjectsthatareequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirection. CollisionsaregovernedbyNewton'slaws.Thelawofaction-reaction(Newton'sthirdlaw)explainsthenatureoftheforcesbetweenthetwointeractingobjects.Accordingtothelaw,theforceexertedbyobject1uponobject2isequalinmagnitudeandoppositeindirectiontotheforceexertedbyobject2uponobject1.       CheckYourUnderstanding ExpressyourunderstandingofNewton'sthirdlawbyansweringthefollowingquestions.Clickthebuttontocheckyouranswers. 1.Whiledrivingdowntheroad,afireflystrikesthewindshieldofabusandmakesaquiteobviousmessinfrontofthefaceofthedriver.ThisisaclearcaseofNewton'sthirdlawofmotion.Thefireflyhitthebusandthebushitsthefirefly.Whichofthetwoforcesisgreater:theforceonthefireflyortheforceonthebus? SeeAnswer   TrickQuestion!Eachforceisthesamesize.Foreveryaction,thereisanequal...(equal!).Thefactthatthefireflysplattersonlymeansthatwithitssmallermass,itislessabletowithstandthelargeraccelerationresultingfromtheinteraction.Besides,fireflieshavegutsandbuggutshaveatendencytobesplatterable.Windshieldsdon'thaveguts.Thereyouhaveit.       2.Foryears,spacetravelwasbelievedtobeimpossiblebecausetherewasnothingthatrocketscouldpushoffofinspaceinordertoprovidethepropulsionnecessarytoaccelerate.Thisinabilityofarockettoprovidepropulsioninspaceisbecause... a.spaceisvoidofairsotherocketshavenothingtopushoffof. b.gravityisabsentinspace. c.spaceisvoidofairandsothereisnoairresistanceinspace. d....nonsense!Rocketsdoaccelerateinspaceandhavebeenabletodosoforalongtime. SeeAnswer   Answer:D Itisacommonmisconceptionthatrocketsareunabletoaccelerateinspace.Thefactisthatrocketsdoaccelerate.Rocketsareabletoaccelerateduetothefactthattheyburnfuelandthrusttheexhaustgasesinadirectionoppositethedirectionwhichtheywishtoaccelerate.       3.Manypeoplearefamiliarwiththefactthatariflerecoilswhenfired.Thisrecoilistheresultofaction-reactionforcepairs.Agunpowderexplosioncreateshotgasesthatexpandoutwardallowingtherifletopushforwardonthebullet.ConsistentwithNewton'sthirdlawofmotion,thebulletpushesbackwardsupontherifle.Theaccelerationoftherecoilingrifleis... a.greaterthantheaccelerationofthebullet. b.smallerthantheaccelerationofthebullet. c.thesamesizeastheaccelerationofthebullet. SeeAnswer   Answer:B Theforceontherifleequalstheforceonthebullet.Yet,accelerationdependsonbothforceandmass.Thebullethasagreateraccelerationduetothefactthatithasasmallermass.Remember:accelerationandmassareinverselyproportional.         4.KentSwimm,whoistakingPhysicsforthethirdyearinarow(andnotbecausehelikesit),hasrowedhisboatwithinthreefeetofthedock.Kentdecidestojumpontothedockandturnaroundanddockhisboat.ExplaintoKentwhythisdockingstrategyisnotagoodstrategy. SeeAnswer   Don'tdothisathome(atleast,notifyouwishtodocktheboat)!AsKentjumpstoreachthedock,therowboatpushesKentforwardandthusKentpushestherowboatbackwards.Kentwillindeedreachthedock;butKent'srowboatwillbeseveralfeetawaywhenheturnsaroundtodockit.ThatmakesitverydifficultforKenttodocktheboat.       5.Aclownisontheicerinkwithalargemedicineball.Iftheclownthrowstheballforward,thenheissetintobackwardsmotionwiththesamemomentumastheball'sforwardmomentum.Whatwouldhappentotheclownifhegoesthroughthemotionofthrowingtheballwithoutactuallylettinggoofit?Explain.     SeeAnswer   Withoutactuallylettinggooftheball,theclownwillnotbedisplacedfromhisoriginalposition.Hemayslidebackwardsalittleandthenforwardsalittleashegoesthroughthemotionofthethrowingtheball.Butwhenheisdonedoingthemotion,hewillbeatrestinhisoriginalposition.       6.Dale,Mel,andShanelle areastronautsonaspaceship.Theyeachhavethesamemassandthesamestrength.DaleandMel decidetoplaycatchwithShanelle,intendingtothrowherbackandforthbetweenthem.DalethrowsShanelle toMelandthegamebegins.DescribethemotionofDale,MelandShanelle asthegamecontinues.Ifweassumethateachthrowinvolvesthesameamountofpush,thenhowmanythrowswillthegamelast?   SeeAnswer    Thegamewilllasttwothrowsandonecatch.WhenDalethrowsShanelle,thetwowilltravelinoppositedirectionsatthesamespeed.WhenMelcatchesShanelle,ShanellewillslowdowntohalfheroriginalspeedandmovetogetherwithMelatthatsamespeed.WhenMelthrowsShanelletowardsDale,thegreatestspeedthatShanellecanhaveisone-halftheoriginalspeed.ThegameisnowoversinceShanellewillnevercatchuptoDale.       NextSection: MomentumConservationPrinciple IsolatedSystemsandCollisionAnalysis CollisionAnalysisandMomentumProblems UsingEquationsasGuidestoThinking MomentumConservationinExplosions JumpToNextLesson: Page1 FollowUs PhysicsTutorial»MomentumandItsConservation»Lesson2-TheLawofMomentumConservation»TheLawofAction-Reaction(Revisited)



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