Question

A 600kg car is moving at 5 m/s to the right and elastically collided with a stationary 900 kg car. What is the velocity of the 900 kg car after the collision if the 600 kg car moves left at .714 m/s?

Answer 1

Answer:

$\mathrm{v}_{2} \text { velocity after the collision is } 3.3 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$

Explanation:

It says “Momentum before the collision is equal to momentum after the collision.” Elastic Collision formula is applied to calculate the mass or velocity of the elastic bodies.

$m_{1} v_{1}=m_{2} v_{2}$

$\mathrm{m}_{1} \text { and } \mathrm{m}_{2} \text { are masses of the object }$

$\mathrm{v}_{1} \text { velocity before the collision }$

$\mathrm{v}_{2} \text { velocity after the collision }$

$\mathrm{m}_{1}=600 \mathrm{kg}$

$\mathrm{m}_{2}=900 \mathrm{kg}$

$\text { Velocity before the collision } v_{1}=5 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$

$600 \times 5=900 \times v_{2}$

$3000=900 \times v_{2}$

$\mathrm{v}_{2}=\frac{3000}{900}$

$\mathrm{v}_{2}=3.3 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$

$\mathrm{v}_{2} \text { velocity after the collision is } 3.3 \mathrm{m} / \mathrm{s}$