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My question is not so much what to do it is just i have problems solving for a certain equation.
A 5.00kg ball, moving to the right at a velocity of 2m/s on a frictionless table, collides head-on with a stationary 7.50kg ball. Find the final velocities of the balls if the collision is (a) elastic and (b) completely inelastic
for part A
I have m1v1f + m2v2f= m1vi1 +0
to solve for final velocity 1(the ball for 5kg) you use
vf1=(m1-m2/m1+m2)vi1
I really have no i do how to algebraically solve for vf1, can someone explain that to me because when i use the equation i get the right answer which is -.400m/s
To find vf2 we use the fact that it is an ellastic collision and the kinetic energy before and after is the same
1/2m1(vf1^2)+1/2m2(vf2^2)=1/2m1(vi1^2)+0
Using this i have to solve for vf2 but again i have a problem algebraically solving for vf2. But there is a similar example in the textbook so i used what they had to solve for vf1 and vf2 but they do not show the work
vf2=(2m1/m1+m2)vi1
answer should be 1.60m/s
Same problem here but the answers come out correctly.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone can show me the algebra behind this
A 5.00kg ball, moving to the right at a velocity of 2m/s on a frictionless table, collides head-on with a stationary 7.50kg ball. Find the final velocities of the balls if the collision is (a) elastic and (b) completely inelastic
for part A
I have m1v1f + m2v2f= m1vi1 +0
to solve for final velocity 1(the ball for 5kg) you use
vf1=(m1-m2/m1+m2)vi1
I really have no i do how to algebraically solve for vf1, can someone explain that to me because when i use the equation i get the right answer which is -.400m/s
To find vf2 we use the fact that it is an ellastic collision and the kinetic energy before and after is the same
1/2m1(vf1^2)+1/2m2(vf2^2)=1/2m1(vi1^2)+0
Using this i have to solve for vf2 but again i have a problem algebraically solving for vf2. But there is a similar example in the textbook so i used what they had to solve for vf1 and vf2 but they do not show the work
vf2=(2m1/m1+m2)vi1
answer should be 1.60m/s
Same problem here but the answers come out correctly.
It would be greatly appreciated if someone can show me the algebra behind this