Answer to Question #348589 in Atomic and Nuclear Physics for erika miguel

Question #348589

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1. The momentum of a particle is 50 kg-m/s. If the velocity of the particle is 5 m/s, what is its mass? If the particle is located on a certain planet where the acceleration due to gravity is 5.87 m/s2, what is its weight?



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Expert's answer
2022-06-06T14:58:15-0400

The mass of the particle

"m=\\frac{p}{v}=\\rm\\frac{50\\: kg\\cdot m\/s}{5\\: m\/s}=10\\: kg"

The weight of the particle

"W=mg=\\rm 10\\: kg*5.87\\: m\/s^2=58.7\\: N"


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