One ball of mass 0.600 kg traveling 9.00 m/s to the right collides head-on elastically with a second ball of mass 0.300 kg traveling 8.00 m/s to the left. After the collision, what are their velocities after collision? (Ans. -2.33 m/s (2.33 m/s to left) and 14.67 m/s (14.76 m/s to right))


Given:

Mass of first ball = m₁ = 0.6 kg
The initial velocity of the first ball to the right u₁ = 9.00 m/s  
Mass of the second ball = m₂ = 0.3 kg
Initial velocity of second ball = u₂ = - 8.00 m/s (-ve sign for opposite in direction to u₁)

To Find:

(a) Final velocity of mass m1 after collision = v₁ = ?
(b) Final velocity of mass m2 after collision = v₂ = ?


Solution:

(a) Final velocity of mass m1 after collision = v₁ = ?

The 

formula to find the Final velocity of mass m1 is:

v₁ = `\frac {(m₁-m₂)u1}{m₁+m₂}` + `\frac {2m₂u₂}{m₁+m₂}`

by putting values

v₁ = `\frac {(0.6 kg - 0.3 kg) 9.00 m/s}{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}` + `\frac {2x0.3 kg x (-8.00 m/s) }{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}`

v₁ = `\frac {(0,6 kg - 0,3 kg) 9.00 m/s}{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}` - `\frac {2x0.3 kg x (8.00 m/s) }{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}`

v₁ = 3 m/s - 5.33 m/s

v₁ = - 2.33 m/s -------------Ans.

The -ve sign shows the final velocity of mass m1 is opposite to its initial velocity i.e it is toward the left.

(b) Final velocity of mass m2 after collision = v₂ = ?


The formula to find the Final velocity of mass m₂ is:

v₂ = `\frac {(m₂-m₁)u₂}{m₁+m₂}` + `\frac {2m₁u₁}{m₁+m₂}`

by putting values

v₂ = `\frac {(0.3 kg - 0.6 kg) (-8.00 m/s)}{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}` + `\frac {2x0.6 kg x (9.00 m/s) }{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}`

v₂ = -`\frac {(0.3 kg - 0.6 kg) 8.00 m/s}{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}` + `\frac {2x0.6 kg x (9.00 m/s) }{0.6 kg + 0.3 kg}`

v₂ = -(-2.66) m/s + 12.0 m/s

v₂ = 2.66 m/s + 12.0 m/s

v₂ = 14.66 m/s -------------Ans.

The +ve sign shows the final velocity of mass m₂ is opposite to its initial velocity direction i.e it is toward the right.



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