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If two gliders of equal mass and equal and opposite initial velocity collide perfectly elastically what are the final velocities of the gliders in terms of the initial velocities?
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Both the gliders will be travelling at exactly the same speed as the initial velocity but in opposite directions.
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How do you find resultant velocity?
When you combine 2 velocities that are in the same directions, add them together to find the resultant velocity. When you combine 2 velocities that are in opposite directions, subtract the smaller velocity from the larger velocity to find the resultant velocity.
How are velocities in the same direction combined?
As the velocities are in the same direction then addition of vectors becomes so easy. We simply add the magnitudes of the velocities. If velocities go exactly opposite, then we get the difference of their magnitudes. If velocity vectors get inclined, then we use the parallelogram law of vectors to get the resultant.
What will be the body said ----- velocities when average and instantaneous velocities are equal?
Uniform velocity
What is the equation for resultant velocity?
Velocity=displacement(distance)/time.
What is a resultant velosity?
A resultant velocity is the vector sum of two or more velocities (remember that a velocity has both speed and direction).
How do you find the resulting velocity?
When you combine 2 velocities that are in the same directions, add them together to find the resultant velocity. When you combine 2 velocities that are in opposite directions, subtract the smaller velocity from the larger velocity to find the resultant velocity.
How do you find resultant velocity?
When you combine 2 velocities that are in the same directions, add them together to find the resultant velocity. When you combine 2 velocities that are in opposite directions, subtract the smaller velocity from the larger velocity to find the resultant velocity.
What is the resultant velocity if the kph for west is 1400 and the velocity for east is 20 kph?
Because the two velocities are in the opposite directions, you can directly subtract their numeric values. (1400 - 20) kph in the larger velocities direction. The answer is 1380 kph West.
How are velocities in the same direction combined?
As the velocities are in the same direction then addition of vectors becomes so easy. We simply add the magnitudes of the velocities. If velocities go exactly opposite, then we get the difference of their magnitudes. If velocity vectors get inclined, then we use the parallelogram law of vectors to get the resultant.
How the velocity of an escalator that is going up different from the velocity of one that is going down at the same speed?
Speed is a scalar, velocity is a vector. Two objects moving at the same speed but in opposite directions will have opposite velocities. If the velocity of the elevator going up is v, the velocity of the elevator going down will be -v.
What will be the body said ----- velocities when average and instantaneous velocities are equal?
Uniform velocity
Do Two cars traveling the same speed in opposite directions have the same velocity?
No, because velocity includes direction as well as speed.In order for the velocities to be the same, they would have to go the same speed in the same direction.
What is the equation for resultant velocity?
Velocity=displacement(distance)/time.
How do velocities add together?
Velocity is a vector, you can sum velocity in terms of direction components such as x and y.
Two buses depart from Chicago and going to New York and one to San Francisco. Each bus travels at a speed of 30ms. Do these buses have equal velocities explain.?
No the two buses do not have equal velocities because VELOCITY is the SPEED in a given DIRECTION. One would have a velocity of +30m/s because it is traveling in one direction, and the other would have a velocity of -30m/s because it is traveling in the opposite direction.
If an object has two velocities are going in opposite directions would the overall velocity of the object be positive or negative?
It's positive in the direction of the greater one, and negative in the direction of the smaller one.
If a car is traveling north at 100 kilometers per hour and another car is traveling in the opposite direction at the same speed Are their velocities the same?
No. Velocity includes a directional component. If the two were of the same mass and collided head-on, their velocities (being in the reverse directions) would cancel out.
