Edexcel M1 — Question 3

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
TopicMomentum and Collisions

3. A cannon of mass 600 kg lies on a rough horizontal surface and is used to fire a 3 kg shell horizontally at \(200 \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\).
  1. Find the impulse which the shell exerts on the cannon.
  2. Find the speed with which the cannon recoils. Given that the coefficient of friction between the cannon and the surface is 0.75 ,
  3. calculate, to the nearest centimetre, the distance that the cannon travels before coming to rest.