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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 7 Problem 30P

Question

(III) Take the general case of an object of mass \(m_{A}\) and velocity \(v_{A}\) elastically striking a stationary \(\left(v_{B}=0\right)\) object of mass \(m_{B}\) head-on.

(a) Show that the final velocities \(v_{A}^{\prime} \text { and } v_{B}^{\prime}\) are given by

\(v_{A}^{\prime}=\left(\frac{m_{A}-m_{B}}{m_{A}+m_{B}}\right) v_{A} v_{B}^{\prime}=\left(\frac{2 m_{A}}{m_{A}+m_{B}}\right) v_{A}\)

(b) What happens in the extreme case when \(m_{A}\) is much smaller than \(m_{B}\)? Cite a common example of this.


(c) What happens in the extreme case when \(m_{A}\) is much larger than \(m_{B}\)? Cite a common example of this.
What happens in the case when \(m_{A}=m_{B}\)? Cite a common example.

Solution

Solution 30P:

        We have to derive the relation between the initial velocities of the two colliding bodies and their final velocities in terms of their masses.

Step 1 of 7 

Concept:

        Law of conservation of linear momentum: When no external force acts on the system, then the final momentum of the system is equal to their initial momentum.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780130606204

Take the general case of an object of mass and velocity VA

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