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Problem 24P

Two billiard balls of equal mass undergo a perfectly elastic head-on collision. If one ball’s initial speed was 2.00 m/s, and the other’s was 3.00 m/s in the opposite direction, what will be their speeds after the collision?

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Problem 24P

Two billiard balls of equal mass undergo a perfectly elastic head-on collision. If one ball’s initial speed was 2.00 m/s, and the other’s was 3.00 m/s in the opposite direction, what will be their speeds after the collision?

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Apply the single dimensional velocity. During the head on collision, the velocity of two billiard balls can be written as,

                                                   

For , ,

                                                   

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