A billiard ball of mass m, experiences a perfectly elastic collision with another billiard ball with mass m, that is at rest. What fraction of the kinetic energy does the striking particle lose, if (a) it recoils at right angles to its original motion direction; (b) the collision is a head-on one?

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5. A billiard ball of mass m, experiences a perfectly elastic collision with another billiard ball
with mass m, that is at rest. What fraction of the kinetic energy does the striking particle
lose, if (a) it recoils at right angles to its original motion direction; (b) the collision is a
head-on one?
m;) v,
U2
m2
m,
V2
m2
Transcribed Image Text:5. A billiard ball of mass m, experiences a perfectly elastic collision with another billiard ball with mass m, that is at rest. What fraction of the kinetic energy does the striking particle lose, if (a) it recoils at right angles to its original motion direction; (b) the collision is a head-on one? m;) v, U2 m2 m, V2 m2
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