A 0.22 kg air track glider moving at 0.60 m/s a collides elastically into a 0.44 kg glider at rest. After collision the 0.22 kg glider is moving with velocity -0.20 ms. What is the speed of the 0.44 kg glider after collision
the glider collides elastically an another glider at rest, in this case we have the coservation of quantity of movement
m1 v1 + m2 v2 = m1V1 + m2 V2 v is the velocity before the shock, V the velocity after the shock m1=0.22 v1=0.60m/s m2=0.44 V1=-0.20m/s remark that 0.44 kg glider is initially at rest, so v2= 0 the equation above can be written m1 v1 = m1V1 + m2 V2 ( because v2=0 at rest) m1 v1 = m1V1 + m2 V2 implies V2= (m1v1 -m1V1) / m2
