Question

A person sitting in a rolling chair at rest throws a basketball forward. Since the person and the rolling chair have a greater mass than the basketball, how will the person and the rolling chair respond?

They will have the same forward momentum as the basketball.

They will move backward at a lower speed than the basketball moves forward.

They will move backward at a higher speed than the basketball moves forward.

They will travel the same distance as the basketball travels but in the opposite direction

Answer 1

They will move backward at a lower speed than the basketball moves forward.

Conservation of linear momentum

The principle of conservation of linear momentum states that the sum of the initial momentum is equal to sum of final momentum.

Initial momentum = Final momentum

The forward momentum of the basketball = Backward momentum of the person and the chair

Since the mass of the person and the chair is greater than the mass of the basketball, the person and the rolling chair will move backward at a lower speed than the basketball moves forward.

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