Edexcel M1 2022 June — Question 1

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleM1 (Mechanics 1)
Year2022
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions

  1. Two particles, \(P\) and \(Q\), are moving towards each other in opposite directions along the same straight line when they collide directly. Immediately before the collision the speed of \(Q\) is \(2 u\). The mass of \(Q\) is \(3 m\) and the magnitude of the impulse exerted by \(P\) on \(Q\) in the collision is \(4 m u\).
Find
  1. the speed of \(Q\) immediately after the collision,
  2. the direction of motion of \(Q\) immediately after the collision.