A 0.30-kg puck, initially at rest on a frictionless horizontal surface, is struck by a 0.20-kg puck that is initially moving along the x-axis with a velocity of 8.5 m/s. After the collision, the 0.20-kg puck has a speed of 5.1 m/s at an angle of
θ = 53°
to the positive x-axis.
(a) Determine the velocity of the 0.30-kg puck after the collision.
magnitude | m/s |
direction | ° from the positive x-axis |
(b) Find the fraction of kinetic energy lost in the collision.
|ΔKE| |
KEi |
= %
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