A ball with a mass of #8# #kg# moving at #5# #ms^-1# hits a still ball with a mass of #32# #kg#. If the first ball stops moving, how fast is the second ball moving? How much kinetic energy was lost as heat in the collision?
1 Answer
May 7, 2016
The final velocity of the
Explanation:
Momentum is conserved. The total momentum before the collision is:
The momentum after the collision will be the same, and rearranging the equation yields:
In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is not conserved. In this case, the kinetic energy before the collision is:
The kinetic energy after is:
The difference, the 'missing'