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Homework Statement
three billiard balls are arranged in an equilateral triangle formation labeled A, B, and C. the impulse which the cue imparts to the cue ball is a given, J, the angles at which the three balls will travel(depart from the stationary arrangement) can be easily found. i won't get into more details until i see someone has acknowledged this post. my question is, is it possible to find the velocities with which each ball "departs" (for lack of a better word).
Homework Equations
using J = delta p i am able to find that ... (see #3)
The Attempt at a Solution
|(v_A ) ⃑ |=1/m |J ⃑ |-2|(v_C ) ⃑ |cosθ
and
|(v_B ) ⃑ |=|(v_C ) ⃑ |
please NOTE: theta is given (or can be found as mentioned above because of the nature of the arrangement)