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A-LevelPhysicsDynamicsOct/Nov 2017Paper 2 Q310 Marks

(a) State the principle of conservation of momentum. (b) Ball A moves with speed v along a horizontal frictionless surface towards a stationary ball B, as shown in Fig. 3.1. [Figure 3.1] Ball A has mass 4.0 kg and ball B has mass 12 kg. The balls collide and then move apart as shown in Fig. 3.2. [Figure 3.2 (not to scale)] Ball A has velocity 6.0 m s⁻¹ at an angle of θ to the direction of its initial path. Ball B has velocity 3.5 m s⁻¹ at an angle of 30° to the direction of the initial path of ball A.

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About This A-Level Physics Question

Topic

This structured question tests Dynamics in A-Level Physics (syllabus code 9702). It is worth 10 marks.

Source

This question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics Oct/Nov 2017 examination, Paper 2 Variant 3.

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