Ah I see. Sorry guys, I guess I should have put the question in the context of a non elastic collision then. Then this would mean there is friction between the balls, and that some of B's rotational energy would be transferred over to A and cause A to start rotating, correct? Then A and B would...
I see where you're coming from, but are you sure that when ball A is rotating afterwards, that rotational energy will have come out of A's translational energy? I had been thinking that A would be getting its rotational energy from B's rotational energy during their moment of contact due to the...
Hi all, I have a question. First, a moving ball, ball A, slides straight into a ball which is standing still, ball B. The balls then collide, and ball B rebounds along, say, the Y-axis at a certain speed.
Now suppose we recreate the collision, except this time, ball B is spinning on its...