SPS SPS FM Mechanics 2025 January — Question 1

Exam BoardSPS
ModuleSPS FM Mechanics (SPS FM Mechanics)
Year2025
SessionJanuary
TopicMomentum and Collisions 2

1. A smooth uniform sphere \(A\), of mass \(5 m\) and radius \(r\), is at rest on a smooth horizontal plane. A second smooth uniform sphere \(B\), of mass \(3 m\) and radius \(r\), is moving in a straight line on the plane with speed \(u \mathrm {~m} \mathrm {~s} ^ { - 1 }\) and strikes \(A\). Immediately before the impact the direction of motion of \(B\) makes an angle of \(60 ^ { \circ }\) with the line of centres of the spheres. The direction of motion of \(B\) is turned through an angle of \(30 ^ { \circ }\) by the impact. Find
  1. the speed of \(B\) immediately after the impact,
  2. the coefficient of restitution between the spheres.