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Grade 11General Physics

if a particle of mass m strikes a wall with a velocity v at an angle 450 elastically, the impulse imparted to the wall is ….....

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
Since momentum is vector quantity
so momentum toward the wall=mvcos45=mv/\sqrt2
and momentum of ball while going back=-mv/\sqrt2 since momentum remains conserved but direction is opposite
Momentum change=mv/\sqrt2-(-mv/\sqrt2)
2mv/\sqrt2=\sqrtmv