Particle A and B lie along same straight line. Mass of particle A is kg and of B is kg . Particle A is travelling with intial velocity u = m/s while B is at rest. Then after sometime they both collide head on elastically. The total linear momentum of system is conserved. Then find the velocity of particle B after collision in m/s .
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Let u ′ and v be the post-collision velocities of m A and m B respectively. We require conservation of kinetic energy and linear momentum for this elastic collision according to:
2 1 m A u 2 = 2 1 m A u ′ 2 + 2 1 m B v 2 (i)
m A u = m A u ′ + m B v (ii).
If we solve (ii) for u ′ and substitute this expression into (i), we obtain:
2 1 m A u 2 = 2 1 m A ( m A m A u − m B v ) 2 + 2 1 m B v 2 (iii)
and solving (iii) for v gives:
v = m A + m B 2 m A ⋅ u = 2 . 5 + 2 2 . 5 ( 2 ) ( 2 . 5 ) ⋅ 3 7 5 = 7 5 m / s .