Force from a stream of bullets or balls (momentum change per second)
This type of question, asked 5 times: 15 May 2023 S2, 14 May 2024 S2, 25 Apr 2025 S1, 13 Apr 2026 S2, 17 Apr 2026 S2. All 5 questions below, oldest first.
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Question 1
15 May 2023 S2
211000 small balls, each weighing 1 gram, strike one square cm of area per second with a velocity 50 m/s in a normal direction and rebound with the same velocity. The value of pressure on the surface will beTap an option to check your answer.
Question 2
14 May 2024 S2
39A machine gun fires bullets of mass 30 g with velocity 1000 m/s. The man can exert a maximum force of 300 N. How many bullets can he fire per second at most?Tap an option to check your answer.
Question 3
25 Apr 2025 S1
19A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 35 gram with a speed of . The person holding the gun can exert a maximum force of 147 N on it. The number of bullets that can be fired from the gun per second isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 4
13 Apr 2026 S2
105balls each of mass moving with speed simultaneously strike a wall normally and reflected back with same speed, in time s. The total magnitude of force exerted by the balls on the wall isTap an option to check your answer.
Question 5
17 Apr 2026 S2
104A machine gun fires a bullet of mass 40g with a speed of . The person holding the gun can bare maximum force of 168N on it. The number of bullets that can be fired from the gun per second isTap an option to check your answer.