OCR M2 2007 January — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleM2 (Mechanics 2)
Year2007
SessionJanuary
TopicMomentum and Collisions 1

3 A small sphere of mass 0.2 kg is projected vertically downwards with speed \(21 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) from a point at a height of 40 m above horizontal ground. It hits the ground and rebounds vertically upwards, coming to instantaneous rest at its initial point of projection. Ignoring air resistance, calculate
  1. the coefficient of restitution between the sphere and the ground,
  2. the magnitude of the impulse which the ground exerts on the sphere.