11. Momentum & Impulse
Adding Mass to a Moving System
1PRACTICE PROBLEM
A humanitarian helicopter of total mass 11 500 kg (pilots and food boxes) releases vertically a 150 kg box of food. The helicopter is flying at a constant speed of 45 m/s in the x-direction. Find the box's velocity immediately after it was released.
A humanitarian helicopter of total mass 11 500 kg (pilots and food boxes) releases vertically a 150 kg box of food. The helicopter is flying at a constant speed of 45 m/s in the x-direction. Find the box's velocity immediately after it was released.