- A particle \(A\) has mass 4 kg and a particle \(B\) has mass 2 kg .
The particles move towards each other in opposite directions along the same straight line on a smooth horizontal table and collide directly.
Immediately before the collision, the speed of \(A\) is \(2 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\) and the speed of \(B\) is \(3 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\)
Immediately after the collision, the speed of \(B\) is \(2 u \mathrm {~ms} ^ { - 1 }\)
The direction of motion of \(B\) is reversed by the collision.
- Find, in terms of \(u\), the speed of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
- State the direction of motion of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
- Find, in terms of \(u\), the magnitude of the impulse received by \(B\) in the collision. State the units of your answer.
\section*{[In this question \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.]}