Taking the density of air to be 1.29 kg/m^3, what is the magnitude of the linear momentum of a cubic meter of air moving with the following wind speed of 15 km/h?
Density = mass divided by volume.So, the mass = density times volume.mass = 1.29 x 1 kglinear momentum is defined as mass times velocityso the linear momentum of a cubic metre at 15,000 m per hour would be 1.29 x 15km/h. The units would be kg km/h, which are not the SI units. These are kg m/s. To get to them the speed has to be converted into metres per second.
Answer:
Momentum p = 5.375 kgm/s
Explanation:
Given
Density \(\rho = 1.29 kg/m^3\)
Volume \(V = 1 m^3\)
Velocity \(v = 15 km/h\)
Solution
Mass = Density x volume
\(m = \rho \times V\\\\m = 1.29 \times 1\\\\ m = 1.29 kg\)
velocity
\(v = 15 km/h\\\\v = \frac{15}{3.6} m/s\\\\v = 4.17 m/s\)
Momentum = mass x velocity
\(p = m \times v\\\\p = 1.29 \times 4.17\\\\p=5.375 kgm/s\)