Answer:
Part a)

Part b)

Explanation:
As we know that there is no external force on the system of two masses so here total momentum of the system will remains conserved
so we can say




Part b)
magnitude of the initial speed of A = 
magnitude of the initial speed of B = 
magnitude of final speed of A = 
magnitude of final speed of B = 
Now change in total kinetic energy is given as



Answer:

Explanation:
For this problem, we can use Boyle's law, which states that for a gas at constant temperature, the product between pressure and volume remains constant:

which can also be rewritten as

In our case, we have:
is the initial pressure
is the initial volume
is the final pressure
Solving for V2, we find the final volume:

When a crest-trough meet the interference produced will be destructive in nature hence they both will cancel out and the amplitude produced will be equal to zero hence the loudness will reduce to zero.