Find Velocity After Glancing Collision: Antother Collision

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The discussion focuses on calculating the velocity of a billiard ball after a glancing collision. An initial ball with a speed of 2.2 m/s strikes a stationary identical ball, resulting in one ball moving at 1.1 m/s at a 60° angle. The conservation of momentum and kinetic energy principles are applied to derive the final velocity of the second ball, which is determined to be 1.53 m/s. The kinetic energy term for the first ball is noted to be doubled due to the conservation equations used in elastic collisions.

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Antother Collision!

A billiard ball moving with a speed of [tex]v = 2.2m/s[/tex] strikes an identical stationary ball a glancing blow. After the collision, one ball is found to be moving at a speed of [tex]v_2 = 1.1m/s[/tex] in a direction making a [tex]\theta = 60^o[/tex] angle with the original line of motion. Find the velocity of the other ball?

I don't really know where to start...Maybe conserving momentum?
 
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Would I just do this:

[tex]1/2m_1v_1_i^2 +1/2m_2v_2_i^2 = 2(1/2m_1v_1_f^2) + 1/2m_2v_2_f^2[/tex]

since all of the masses are the same they cancel out and since the second ball is stationary..it is 0

[tex]v_1_i^2 = 2v_1_f^2 + 2v_2_f^2[/tex]
[tex]1/2(2.2)^2 = 2sin \theta(1.1)^2 + 2v_2_f^2[/tex]
[tex]v_2_f = 1.53m/s[/tex]
 
suspenc3 said:
Would I just do this:
[tex]1/2m_1v_1_i^2 +1/2m_2v_2_i^2 = 2(1/2m_1v_1_f^2) + 1/2m_2v_2_f^2[/tex]

Why is the kinetic energy term of m1 doubled on the right hand side?

In an elastic collision, kinetic energy and momentum are conserved. Momentum is conserved in the x and y directions.
 

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