In: Physics
Two billiard balls are initially traveling toward each other at
speeds of 1.20 m/s for ball 1 and 4.65 m/s for ball 2. The balls
undergo an elastic, head-on collision. Find their final
velocities.
ball 1
| magnitude | |
| direction | ---Select--- in the same direction it was initially going. opposite the direction it was initially going. | 
ball 2
| magnitude | |
| direction | ---Select--- in the same direction it was initially going. opposite the direction it was initially going. | 
The two billiard balls have the same mass 
.
Initial velocity of ball 1 is 
 (
going to the right)
Initial velocity of ball 2 is 
(going to left) ( negative sign indicates the ball 2 is moving in
opposite direction to ball 1)
Conserving the momentum of two balls before and after collision,


--------(1)
The balls undergo elastic collision, coefficient of
restitution  

---(2)
Adding (1) and (2) 
(going to right) ,  
(going
to left)
Ball 1:
Magnitude of final velocity  
Direction is Opposite the direction it was initially going.
Ball 2:
Magnitude of final velocity  
Direction is Opposite the direction it was initially going.