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Date May 2019 Marks available 1 Reference code 19M.1.SL.TZ2.8
Level Standard level Paper Paper 1 Time zone 2
Command term Question number 8 Adapted from N/A

Question

A table-tennis ball of mass 3 g is fired with a speed of 10 m s-1 from a stationary toy gun of mass 0.600 kg. The gun and ball are an isolated system.

What are the recoil speed of the toy gun and the total momentum of the system immediately after the gun is fired?

Markscheme

A

Examiners report

This question gives good discrimination at both levels with the correct response, A, being the most popular at HL. Response B was second most popular at HL and most popular by a small margin at SL, however a significant number of candidates chose the other responses at both levels. Realising the gun and ball are initially at rest and momentum must be conserved leads to a zero momentum after firing, immediately removing options B and D.

Syllabus sections

Core » Topic 2: Mechanics » 2.4 – Momentum and impulse
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