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You’re playing pool and you line up a shot on the 3 ball. You want the 3 ball to be deflected by an angle of (Theta)3 = 25(Degrees) at a velocity v3 = 1.3 m/s so that it will make it into a side pocket. What initial velocity must you give the cue ball in order to make this shot and what will be the velocity and angle of the cue ball following the collision? Recall that the mass of a cue ball is 0.17 kg, while the mass of a 3 ball is 0.16 kg. Hint: it might be useful to express the mass of the 3 ball as a fraction of the mass of the cue ball.
Let the speed of the cue ball following the collision be v1 and angle be
Applying momentum conservation in the x-direction
the initial velocity of ball 3 is zero
.................(1)
............(2)
Applying momentum conservation in the y-direction
..............(3)
Squaring and adding (2) and (3)
............(4)
Applying conservation of kinetic energy
Putting value ofv1 from (4) we have
initial velocity must you give the cue ball in order to make this shot is 11.85 m/s
the velocity of the cue ball following the collision is 11.77 m/s
the v angle of the cue ball following the collision is26o