0 Raise your grade {@) State the principle of conservation of momentum. vx (b) Explain what is meant by an elastic collision. is conserved, (6) A ball of mass m is travelling with speed u in a straight line when it colides elastically with a stationary ball of mass 2m, as shown below. After the collision, the smaller mass is moving with a velocity v, and the larger mass with a velocity v, 4 ae * Betere the colision| ‘After the colision (Show that v, = a Conservation of momentum: mu = mv, + 2mv, > u=v,+2v, Ov Elastic collision: velocity of separation = velocity of approach y, u Ov Adding equations () and @) woo v (ii) Calculate v,. From equation (): v,=u-tv,=u-2x 244 23 ic) (@) The ball of mass 2m then collides with @ wall and bounces back with a speed of 5. The collision with the wall lasts t seconds. x Calculate: (i) the change in momentum of the ball 2u u_ 2mu Change in momentum = 2m x > — 2am x = = 3 3 (li) the average force acting on the wall during the collision. amu Ce pa Ale) 3 _ mu a + 3t {e) The momentum of the ball has changed. Explain how the principle of conservation of momentum. stil applies. The wall (and the est of the Earth its connected to) gains momentum in the, opposite the total