a) Find the speed of each particle after the collision. 2.0 g particle     1.86  m/s 1.0 g particle     7.46  m/s (b) Find the speed of each particle after the collision if the stationary particle has a mass of 10 g. 2.0 g particle     -3.73  Apply momentum conservation and assume a head-on elastic collision to find the final velocities from the initial velocities. m/s 10.0 g particle     1.86  m/s (c) Find the final kinetic energy of the incident 2.0-g particle in the situations described in parts (a) and (b).

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A 2.0-g particle moving at 5.6 m/s makes a perfectly elastic head-on collision with a resting 1.0-g object.

(a) Find the speed of each particle after the collision.
2.0 g particle     1.86  m/s
1.0 g particle     7.46  m/s

(b) Find the speed of each particle after the collision if the stationary particle has a mass of 10 g.
2.0 g particle     -3.73 
Apply momentum conservation and assume a head-on elastic collision to find the final velocities from the initial velocities. m/s
10.0 g particle     1.86  m/s

(c) Find the final kinetic energy of the incident 2.0-g particle in the situations described in parts (a) and (b).
KE in part (a)     3.48 
Use the final velocity you calculated for the 2.0-g particle in part (a) to find its final kinetic energy. J
KE in part (b)     1.39 
Use the final velocity you calculated for the 2.0-g particle in part (b) to find its final kinetic energy. J

In which case does the incident particle lose more kinetic energy?
case (a)case (b)    
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