A disc of radius cm and mass grams (shown in red) has its center initially (at ) at the point cm, and moving on the plane with a velocity of cm / sec. You have another disc of radius cm and mass grams (shown in green), initially having it center at the point cm. You shoot this second disc in a certain direction at a speed of cm / sec, such that it collides (elasticly) with the first disc, and deflects it, so that its center passes through a target point cm (shown in red).
Find the angle (with the positive x-axis, in degrees) that you should point the second (green) disc at, to satisfy the requirement of passing the center of the red disc through the target point.
Note: You may need to utilize an iterative numerical technique like Newton-Raphson single variable method.
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