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Homework Statement
Puck A has a mass of 0.294 kg and is moving along the x-axis with a velocity of 5.55 m/s. It makes a collision with puck B, which has a mass of 0.588 kg and is initially at rest. The collision is not head-on. After the collision, the two pucks fly apart with the angles shown in the drawing. Find the final speed of
Puck A
Puck B
Homework Equations
I have spent an hour on this problem. I have two different eqns one for x and one for y, respectively:
m1v0 = m1v1 cos 65 + m2v2cos 37
and
0 = m1v1 sin 65 - m2v2 sin 37
The Attempt at a Solution
I solved for v2 from the eqn for y and tried to plug that value into the eqn for x. This did not work and I am running out of ideas and patience. Please help! There is also a pic for this problem..