A smooth sphere A is moving on a frictionless horizontal plane with an...
ΩA. Another sphere B of the same radius and mass is at rest on the same plane. Sphere A collides elastically with sphere B. After the collision, sphere A moves off at an angle of 60 degrees to its original direction of motion. What is the final angular speed of sphere A?
Let us consider the motion of the center of mass of the system before and after the collision. Since sphere B is at rest, the center of mass of the system is at a point equidistant from spheres A and B, and initially moves in the direction of sphere A's velocity vector. After the collision, the center of mass continues to move in the same direction, but at a lower speed since some of the kinetic energy has been transferred to sphere B.
Let vA and vB be the velocities of spheres A and B, respectively, after the collision. The velocity of the center of mass of the system is then:
vcm = (mA*vA + mB*vB)/(mA + mB)
where mA and mB are the masses of spheres A and B, respectively. Since the center of mass moves at a constant velocity, the direction of vA must be 60 degrees to the left of the initial velocity vector of sphere A.
Using conservation of kinetic energy and momentum, we can relate vA and vB:
(mA/2)*ωA^2 = (mA/2)*vA^2 + (mB/2)*vB^2
mA*ωA = mA*vA + mB*vB
Solving these equations for vA and vB, we get:
vA = (2/3)*ωA
vB = (1/3)*ωA
The final angular speed of sphere A is given by:
ωf = vA/r
where r is the radius of the spheres. Substituting the value of vA, we get:
ωf = (2/3)*ωA/r
Therefore, the final angular speed of sphere A is (2/3) times its initial angular speed.
A smooth sphere A is moving on a frictionless horizontal plane with an...
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e=v2-v1/u1-u2
and e=1
so angular speed should be half of the initial of both the spheres as they are identical and B is initial at rest.