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Grade 11Mechanics

In the figure shown, a ball of mass m collides perpendicularly on a smooth stationary wedge of mass M, kept on a smooth horizontal plane. If the coefficient of restitution of collison is e, then determine the velocity of the wedge after collision.

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Profile image of Vaibhav Gupta
10 Years agoGrade 11
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Profile image of Mayank pandey
8 Years ago
((1+e)mvsintheta)/M+msin2theta it is the answer because we have to first resolve velocity in x direction and then solve the equation