A perticle moving throught a gas at a speed of 45.8 m/s strikes one wall of the container, bounces off and hits the other wall 25cm away. How long did it take to go from one wall to the other?
2007-02-06 07:37:03 · 2 answers · asked by Ashboo 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
This is all the information my teacher has on the paper, so it has to have enough info to complete the problem...or my teacher's an idiot...
2007-02-06 08:12:58 · update #1
If you neglect things like the resistance of the gas and assume a pefectly elastic collision -- which I assume you can do, otherwise you would need more information which has not been provided -- then all you're really doing is asking how long does it take something that's moving at 45.8 m/s a distance of 0.25 m (=25 cm).
0.25 m / (45.8 m/s) = .00546 s
2007-02-06 08:30:14 · answer #1 · answered by Grizzly B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You haven't provided enough information to answer this question.
2007-02-06 16:01:56 · answer #2 · answered by hznfrst 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋