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A 0.300-kg ice puck, moving east with a speed of 5.84 m/s , has a head-on collision with a 0.990-kg puck initially at rest. Assume that the collision is perfectly elastic.
A) What is the speed of the 0.300-kg puck after the collision?
Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.
B) What is the direction of the velocity of the 0.300-kg puck after the collision? East or West?
C)
What is the speed of the 0.990-kg puck after the collision?
Express your answer to three significant figures and include the appropriate units.
D) What is the direction of the velocity of the 0.990-kg puck after the collision? East or West?
During collision momentum is conserved
Initial momentum =Final momentum
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Given that collision is elastic, so kinetic energy is conserved
Initial kinetic energy = Final kinetic energy
Put (1) in the above equation
Multiply all terms with 0.99
Solve the quadratic equation using a calculator
A) What is the speed of the 0.300-kg puck after the collision?
ANSWER:
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B) What is the direction of the velocity of the 0.300-kg puck after the collision? East or West?
v1 is negative, so after collision 0.300kg puck is moving West
ANSWER:
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Put value of v1 in (1)
C)What is the speed of the 0.990-kg puck after the collision?
ANSWER:
D) What is the direction of the velocity of the 0.990-kg puck after the collision? East or West?
v2 is positive, so after collision 0.990kg puck is moving East
ANSWER:
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