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A proton is traveling to the right at 2.0 × 107 m/s. It
Chapter 10, Problem 30E(choose chapter or problem)
QUESTION:
Problem 30E
A proton is traveling to the right at 2.0 × 107 m/s. It has a head-on perfectly elastic collision with a carbon atom. The mass of the carbon atom is 12 times the mass of the proton. What are the speed and direction of each after the collision?
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QUESTION:
Problem 30E
A proton is traveling to the right at 2.0 × 107 m/s. It has a head-on perfectly elastic collision with a carbon atom. The mass of the carbon atom is 12 times the mass of the proton. What are the speed and direction of each after the collision?
ANSWER:
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The objective here is to determine the final speed and direction of a proton and a carbon atom in a perfectly elastic collision, from the given parameters.