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Homework Statement
A ball of mass 20.0kg (mass A) traveling at a initial speed of 5.0m/s, collides with a ball of mass 10.0kg (mass B) which was traveling at a initial speed of 1.0m/s. What is the final velocity of mass A, what is the final velocity of mass B?
mA = 2mB
Homework Equations
ΣFext = 0
Δp = 0
ΔEk = 0
quadratic equation
The Attempt at a Solution
I am unsure how to find the final velocities here because I have two variables and I have to use the quadratic equation to find the final velocities right? So I was just wondering if I could somehow isolate and get rid of a variable, this is what I have so far:
Δp=0
PiA + PiB = PfA +PfB
mAviA + mBviB = mAvfA + mBvfB
mAviA + 2mAviB = mAvfA + 2mBvfB
viA + ViB = vfA + vfB
(5.0) + (1.0) vfA + vfB
6.0-vfA = vfB
Then I put it into the kinetic energy equation and put in all the numbers and I got as an answer:
510.0 = (20.0)(vfA)(squared) + (10.0)(vfB)(squared)
My question is basically how am I supposed to incorporate this into the quadratic equation to find the final velocities?