Problem related to perfectly elastic collision


A particle of mass m1 experienced a perfectly elastic collision with a stationary particle of mass m2. What fraction of the kinetic energy does the striking particle lose, if?

(a) It recoils at right angles to its original motion direction;

(b) The collision is a head-on one?

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