AQA M3 2008 June — Question 4

Exam BoardAQA
ModuleM3 (Mechanics 3)
Year2008
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

4 Two smooth spheres, \(A\) and \(B\), have equal radii and masses \(m\) and \(2 m\) respectively. The spheres are moving on a smooth horizontal plane. The sphere \(A\) has velocity ( \(4 \mathbf { i } + 3 \mathbf { j }\) ) when it collides with the sphere \(B\) which has velocity \(( - 2 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } )\). After the collision, the velocity of \(B\) is \(( \mathbf { i } + \mathbf { j } )\).
  1. Find the velocity of \(A\) immediately after the collision.
  2. Find the angle between the velocities of \(A\) and \(B\) immediately after the collision.
  3. Find the impulse exerted by \(B\) on \(A\).
  4. State, as a vector, the direction of the line of centres of \(A\) and \(B\) when they collide.
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