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    The girl pushes the boy backward with a velocity of 2.90 m/s. Due to conservation of momentum: 1) The girl will move backward in the opposite direction at a velocity of -4.71 m/s 2) Initially the system had zero momentum and kinetic energy, so the 717J of kinetic energy acquired by the system after the push came from the chemical energy converted in the girl's muscles. 3) The chemical energy converted to mechanical energy in the girl's muscles is 717J.

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    The girl pushes the boy backward with a velocity of 2.90 m/s. Due to conservation of momentum: 1) The girl will move backward in the opposite direction at a velocity of -4.71 m/s 2) Initially the system had zero momentum and kinetic energy, so the 717J of kinetic energy acquired by the system after the push came from the chemical energy converted in the girl's muscles. 3) The chemical energy converted to mechanical energy in the girl's muscles is 717J.

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    The girl pushes the boy backward with a velocity of 2.90 m/s. Due to conservation of momentum: 1) The girl will move backward in the opposite direction at a velocity of -4.71 m/s 2) Initially the system had zero momentum and kinetic energy, so the 717J of kinetic energy acquired by the system after the push came from the chemical energy converted in the girl's muscles. 3) The chemical energy converted to mechanical energy in the girl's muscles is 717J.

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    Q- A 65.0kg boy and his 40.0 kg sister, both wearing roller blades, face each other at rest.

    The girl pushes the boy hard, sending him backward with a velocity 2.90 m/s toward the
    west. Ignore friction. (a) Describe the subsequent motion of the girl. (b) How much
    chemical energy is converted into mechanical energy in the girl's muscles?

    The problem is based on the law of conservation of momentum. If there is no any external
    force acting on a system, its linear momentum is conserved.

    (a)
    If we consider the boy and the girl as a system then there is no any external force in
    horizontal direction. The force with which the girl pushes the boy and the reaction force on
    the girl by the boy (Newton’s third law) are internal forces; hence the momentum of the
    system remains conserved. As the reaction force on the girl is in opposite direction the girl
    will be pushed backward and hence will move in backward direction.

    Let the mass of the boy is m1 = 65.0 kg and that of the girl is m2 = 40.0 kg. the velocity
    with which the boy is pushed is v1 = 2.90 m/s and the velocity of the girl after the push is
    v2.

    As both are initially at rest, initial momentum of the system will be zero.

    Momentum of the system after push will be


    Momentum of boy + momentum of girl = m 1v1 + m2v2
    According to law of conservation of momentum in horizontal direction

    Final momentum = initial momentum

    Or m1v1 + m2v2 = 0

    m1v1 65.0 * 2.90


    Gives v2     4.71 m/s
    m2 40
    Negative sign means that the velocity of the girl is in negative direction. Hence after push
    the girl will move towards east with a velocity of 4.71 m/s.

    (b)

    As initially both were at rest (zero kinetic energy) hence the kinetic energy of the system
    after push is acquired from the muscles energy of the girl.

    Kinetic energy of the boy after push

    KE1 = ½*m1v12 = 0.5*65.0*2.902 = 273.3 J

    Kinetic energy of the girl after push

    KE2 = ½*m2v22 = 0.5*40.0*4.712 = 443.7 J

    Hence total energy of the system after push will be

    E = E1 + E2 = 273.3 + 443.7 = 717 J

    Hence the chemical energy converted to mechanical energy is 717 J.

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