CAIE Further Paper 3 2020 November — Question 6

Exam BoardCAIE
ModuleFurther Paper 3 (Further Paper 3)
Year2020
SessionNovember
TopicMomentum and Collisions

6 Two smooth spheres \(A\) and \(B\) have equal radii and masses \(m\) and \(2 m\) respectively. Sphere \(B\) is at rest on a smooth horizontal floor. Sphere \(A\) is moving on the floor with velocity \(u\) and collides directly with \(B\). The coefficient of restitution between the spheres is \(e\).
  1. Find, in terms of \(u\) and \(e\), the velocities of \(A\) and \(B\) after the collision.
    Subsequently, \(B\) collides with a fixed vertical wall which makes an angle \(\theta\) with the direction of motion of \(B\), where \(\tan \theta = \frac { 3 } { 4 }\). The coefficient of restitution between \(B\) and the wall is \(\frac { 2 } { 3 }\). Immediately after \(B\) collides with the wall, the kinetic energy of \(A\) is \(\frac { 5 } { 32 }\) of the kinetic energy of \(B\).
  2. Find the possible values of \(e\).