Two shuffleboard disks of equal mass, one orange and the other yellow are involved in a
perfectly elastic glancing collision. The yellow disk is initially at rest and is struck by the
orange disk moving initially to the right at 7.00 ms"1. After the collision, the orange disk
moves in a direction that makes an angle of 39°.with its initial direction. Meanwhile, the
velocity vector of the yellow disk is perpendicular to the post collision velocity vector of the
orange disk.
a) Determine the speed of each disk after the collision.
To determine the speed of each disk after the collision, we can use the principle of conservation of momentum and the law of conservation of kinetic energy.
First, let's define some variables:
- Let m be the mass of each disk.
- Let v1 be the initial velocity of the orange disk.
- Let v1' be the velocity of the orange disk after the collision.
- Let v2 be the velocity of the yellow disk after the collision.
According to the principle of conservation of momentum, the total momentum before the collision is equal to the total momentum after the collision.
Total momentum before collision = Total momentum after collision
(m)(v1) = (m)(v1') + (m)(v2)
Since the yellow disk is initially at rest, the initial velocity of the yellow disk (v2) is 0.
Therefore, the equation becomes:
(m)(v1) = (m)(v1') + 0
Simplifying the equation, we get:
v1 = v1'
This means that the initial velocity of the orange disk (v1) is equal to its velocity after the collision (v1').
Now, let's determine the angles involved. The orange disk moves in a direction that makes an angle of 39° with its initial direction. This means that the angle between the initial velocity (v1) and the final velocity (v1') is 39°.
Using trigonometry, we can find the components of the orange disk's velocity after the collision. We can calculate the horizontal and vertical components using the angle and the magnitude of the velocity (which is the speed after the collision).
Let's define:
- Let v1x be the horizontal component of the velocity after the collision.
- Let v1y be the vertical component of the velocity after the collision.
- Let v1 be the speed of the orange disk after the collision (which is what we want to find).
We have:
v1x = v1 * cos(39°)
v1y = v1 * sin(39°)
Now, let's consider the yellow disk. We know that its velocity after the collision is perpendicular to the velocity of the orange disk. This means that the horizontal component of the yellow disk's velocity (v2x) is equal to the horizontal component of the orange disk's velocity after the collision (v1x), and the vertical component of the yellow disk's velocity (v2y) is equal to the vertical component of the orange disk's velocity after the collision (v1y). Therefore:
v2x = v1x
v2y = v1y
Now, let's use the conservation of kinetic energy. The law of conservation of kinetic energy states that the total kinetic energy before the collision is equal to the total kinetic energy after the collision.
Total kinetic energy before collision = Total kinetic energy after collision
(1/2)(m)(v1^2) = (1/2)(m)(v1x^2 + v1y^2) + (1/2)(m)(v2x^2 + v2y^2)
Simplifying the equation, we get:
v1^2 = v1x^2 + v1y^2 + v2x^2 + v2y^2
Substituting the values of v1x, v1y, v2x, and v2y, we get:
v1^2 = (v1 * cos(39°))^2 + (v1 * sin(39°))^2 + (v1x)^2 + (v1y)^2
Now, we can solve for v1 by substituting the respective values:
v1^2 = (v1 * cos(39°))^2 + (v1 * sin(39°))^2 + (v1 * cos(39°))^2 + (v1 * sin(39°))^2
Simplifying the equation, we get:
v1^2 = 2 * (v1 * cos(39°))^2 + 2 * (v1 * sin(39°))^2
Applying trigonometric identities, we have:
v1^2 = 2 * v1^2 * (cos(39°))^2 + 2 * v1^2 * (sin(39°))^2
Cancelling out v1^2 from both sides of the equation, we get:
1 = 2 * (cos(39°))^2 + 2 * (sin(39°))^2
Now, we can solve for the speed of the orange disk (v1):
1 = 2 * (cos(39°))^2 + 2 * (sin(39°))^2
Simplifying further, we get:
1 = 2 * (cos(39°))^2 + 2 * (1 - (cos(39°))^2)
Expanding the equation, we get:
1 = 2 * (cos(39°))^2 + 2 - 2 * (cos(39°))^2
Combining the terms, we get:
1 = 2
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