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maychende

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In the two-dimensional elastic collision of a particle with a stationary particle that has the same mass, the trajectories of the two particles after the collision are at right angles to each other. Explain why this should be so.
 
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If you swing a bucket of water fast enough in a vertical circle, at the highest point the water does not spill out because an outward force balances the pull of gravity on the water.
 
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Answer to Question 1

Since the masses are equal, conservation of momentum can be stated in the form v1 + v2 = v, which states that the three vectors form the sides of a triangle, and conservation of energy becomes v12 + v22 = v2, which says that the sum of the squares of the two sides is equal to the square of the third. That makes it a right-angled triangle, with the two sides corresponding to the final velocities at right angles to each other.

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maychende

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Both answers were spot on, thank you once again




 

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