Edexcel M1 2021 January — Question 2

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2021
SessionJanuary
TopicMomentum and Collisions

2. Two particles, \(P\) and \(Q\), have masses \(2 m\) and \(m\) respectively. The particles are moving towards each other in opposite directions along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal plane. The particles collide directly. Immediately before the collision, the speed of \(P\) is \(3 u\) and the speed of \(Q\) is \(2 u\). The magnitude of the impulse exerted on \(Q\) by \(P\) in the collision is 5mu. Find
  1. the speed of \(P\) immediately after the collision,
  2. the speed of \(Q\) immediately after the collision.