Engineering
Physics
Momentum and Energy Conservation for System of Particles
Summation of Vectors
Newtons Second Law of Motion
Question

A stream of water from a hose is sprayed directly on a wall. If the speed of the water is 5.0 m/s and the hose sprays 200 cm3/s, what is the magnitude of the average force (in N) on the wall from the stream of water? Assume that the water does not bounce back appreciably. Each cubic centimeter of water has a mass of 1.0 g.

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Solution
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F=ureldmdt=5×ρdvdt

= 103 × 5 × 200 × 10–6 N

= 1N