Edexcel FM1 2020 June — Question 5

Exam BoardEdexcel
ModuleFM1 (Further Mechanics 1)
Year2020
SessionJune
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

  1. A smooth uniform sphere \(P\) has mass 0.3 kg . Another smooth uniform sphere \(Q\), with the same radius as \(P\), has mass 0.2 kg .
The spheres are moving on a smooth horizontal surface when they collide obliquely. Immediately before the collision the velocity of \(P\) is \(( 4 \mathbf { i } + 2 \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\) and the velocity of \(Q\) is \(( - 3 \mathbf { i } + \mathbf { j } ) \mathrm { m } \mathrm { s } ^ { - 1 }\). At the instant of collision, the line joining the centres of the spheres is parallel to \(\mathbf { i }\).
The kinetic energy of \(Q\) immediately after the collision is half the kinetic energy of \(Q\) immediately before the collision.
  1. Find
    1. the velocity of \(P\) immediately after the collision,
    2. the velocity of \(Q\) immediately after the collision,
    3. the coefficient of restitution between \(P\) and \(Q\),
      carefully justifying your answers.
  2. Find the size of the angle through which the direction of motion of \(P\) is deflected by the collision.