A body of mass 4.0 kg makes an elastic collision with another body at rest and continues to move in the original direction but with 1/7 of its original speed. (a) What is the mass of the other body? (b) What is the speed of the two-body center of mass if the initial speed of the 4.0 kg body was 6.3 m/s?
given :
mass of first body = m1 = 4 kg
mass of second body = m2 = ?
initial speed of m1 = u
final speed of m1 = u/7.
a) from conservation of linear momentum :
--------(i) [v = final speed of m2, initial speed of m1 = 0]
as the collision is elastic, e = 1, therefore ,
-----(ii)
from equation (ii) :
putting the value of v in equation (i)
[answer]
b) initial speed of m1 = u = 6.3 m/s.
speed of centre of mass of the two bodies = [answer]
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