AQA M3 2007 June — Question 4

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2007
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 1

4 Two small smooth spheres, \(A\) and \(B\), of equal radii have masses 0.3 kg and 0.2 kg respectively. They are moving on a smooth horizontal surface directly towards each other with speeds \(3 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and \(2 \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) respectively when they collide. The coefficient of restitution between \(A\) and \(B\) is 0.8 .
  1. Find the speeds of \(A\) and \(B\) immediately after the collision.
  2. Subsequently, \(B\) collides with a fixed smooth vertical wall which is at right angles to the path of the sphere. The coefficient of restitution between \(B\) and the wall is 0.7 . Show that \(B\) will collide again with \(A\).