A 1-Kg Chunk of Putty Moving at 1 M/s Collides

question 42

Multiple Choice

A 1-kg chunk of putty moving at 1 m/s collides with and sticks to a 5-kg bowling ball initially at rest. The bowling ball and putty then move with a momentum of

• A)0 kg m/s.
• B)1 kg m/s.
• C)2 kg m/s.
• D)5 kg m/s.
• E)more than 5 kg m/s.

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