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Completely Inelastic Collision

 
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Feb21-08, 11:00 PM   #1
 

Completely Inelastic Collision


After a completely inelastic collision, two objects of the same mass and same initial speed are found to move away together at 1/3 their initial speed. Find the angle between the initial velocities of the objects.

I think that this question is dealing with collisions in two dimensions. My textbook does not give any equations for completely inealstic collisions in two dimensions. Any help?
 
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Feb21-08, 11:02 PM   #2
 
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It just means they stick together, so you have a final particle of 2*mass
 
Feb22-08, 04:58 PM   #3
 
I went through and ended up getting an answer of 45 degrees. But that ended up being wrong.
 
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