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vaporeon246:

Please Help sorry for all these questions

vaporeon246:

Shadow:

Remember your units \[\frac{ kg \times m }{ s} \leftarrow \rightarrow N \times s \] Either one works

Shadow:

I prefer the left

Shadow:

Which one are you having trouble with?

vaporeon246:

The ones that say " what is the velocity of .... "

Shadow:

Do you know what "elastic" means?

Shadow:

In this case

vaporeon246:

the object(s) in contact temporarily change shape or something like that

Shadow:

The key thing to remember about elastic collisions is that KE (Kinetic Energy) is conserved.

Shadow:

Therefore you can use conservation of energy

Shadow:

Do you remember the formula for KE?

vaporeon246:

Ke = 1/2 mv^2 = kg * m^2/s^2= J

Shadow:

\[KE = \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }mv^2\] Correct. Now we need to see about our variables. What do we know about the mass of the two balls?

vaporeon246:

one mass is abit more than half of the other

Shadow:

Where does it say that?

vaporeon246:

which question are you talking about?

Shadow:

Lol yeah, was looking at the 1/ms one, mb. For this one though, you do the same principle that you applied to the previous problem. Do you know what to do?

vaporeon246:

not really :P

Shadow:

Conversation of Energy in these cases looks like this: \[KE = KE\] \[\frac{ 1 }{ 2 }mv^2 = \frac{ 1 }{ 2 }mv^2 \]

Shadow:

Input your variables, and solve.

vaporeon246:

Ok thank you @Shadow

Shadow:

I have to go now. I'll be back on in around 7 hours if you need further help.

vaporeon246:

OK thanks @Shadow

Shadow:

My thing got cancelled. You still on?

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