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A 5 kg bowling ball travelling at 2 m/s hits a motionless 10 kg bowling ball. If the smaller ball bounces back at a speed of -1 m/s, what will be the speed of larger ball after the collision? Hint: Use the conservation of momentum equation to solve this problem.

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Answer:

  1.5 m/s

Explanation:

Conservation of momentum means the momentum of the system before the collision is the same as after.

The before, after momentum of each ball is ...

  5 kg ball: (5 kg)(2 m/s), (5 kg)(-1 m/s)

  10 kg ball: (10 kg)(0 m/s), (10 kg)(v)

The sum of the "before" products is the same as the sum of the "after" products:

  (5 kg)(2 m/s) +0 = (5 kg)(-1 m/s) +(10 kg)v

  (10 +5) kg·m/s = (10 kg)·v . . . . . add (5 kg)(1 m/s) to both sides

  v = (15 kg·m/s)/(10 kg) = 1.5 m/s

The speed of the larger ball will be 1.5 m/s. Its direction of motion will be the opposite of that of the 5 kg ball after the collision.