A 60.0-kg person, running horizontally with a velocity of +3.80 m/s, jumps onto a 12.0-kg sled that is initially at rest. (a) Ignoring the effects of friction during the collision, find the velocity of the sled and person as they move away. (b) The sled and person coast 30.0 m on level snow before coming to rest. What is the coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the snow?

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Answer:

a) v=3.166 m/s

b) μ=0.0169

Explanation:

a)

The motion is totally inelastic collision so the mass of the person and the mass of the sled in the second part of the motion are add both.

[tex]m_{p}*v_{p}+m_{s}*v_{s}=(m_{p}+m_{s})*v_{f}\\60kg*3.8\frac{m}{s}+12kg*0\frac{m}{s}=(60kg+12kg)*v_{f}[/tex]

[tex]228 \frac{kg*m}{s}=72kg*v_{f}\\ v_{f}=\frac{228\frac{kg*m}{s}}{72kg}[/tex]

[tex]v_{f}=3.166\frac{m}{s}[/tex]

b)

The motion have friction so the force and coefficient can be find using Newtons second law where

[tex]f_{k}=u*m*a*x[/tex]

[tex]K=\frac{1}{2}*m*(v)^{2}\\[/tex]

[tex]-u*m*g*x=\frac{1}{2}*m*(v*cos(180))^{2}\\-u=-\frac{v^{2}}{2*g*x}\\u= \frac{3.16^{2}}{2*9.8*30}\\u=0.0169[/tex]