- \hspace{0pt} [In this question, \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\) are horizontal perpendicular unit vectors.]
A particle \(A\) has mass 2 kg and a particle \(B\) has mass 3 kg . The particles are moving on a smooth horizontal plane when they collide.
Immediately before the collision, the velocity of \(A\) is \(5 \mathbf { j } \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and the velocity of \(B\) is \(( 3 \mathbf { i } - \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\)
Immediately after the collision, the velocity of \(A\) is \(( 3 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { ms } ^ { - 1 }\)
- Find the total kinetic energy of the two particles before the collision.
- Find, in terms of \(\mathbf { i }\) and \(\mathbf { j }\), the impulse received by \(A\) in the collision.
Given that, in the collision, the impulse of \(A\) on \(B\) is equal and opposite to the impulse of \(B\) on \(A\),
- find the velocity of \(B\) immediately after the collision.