A 2.0 gram particle moving at 5.0 m/s makes a perfectly elastic head on collision with a resting 1.0 gram object.
(a) Evaluate the speed of each after the collision.
2.0 g particle m/s
1.0 g particle m/s
(b) Calculate the speed of each particle after the collision if the stationary particle has a mass of 10 gram.
2.0 g particle m/s
1.0 g particle m/s
(c) Calculate the final kinetic energy of the incident 2.0 gram particle in the situations described in (a) and (b).
KE in part (a) J
KE in part (b) J