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Asteroid Collision. Two asteroids of equal mass in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter collide with a glancing blow. Asteroid A, which was initially travelling at 40.0 m/s, is deflected 30.0 degrees from its original direction, while asteroid B, which was initially at rest, travels at 45.0 degrees to the original direction of A. (a) Find the speed of each asteroid after the collision. (b) What fraction of the original kinetic energy of asteroid A dissipates during this collision?

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The fraction of the original kinetic energy of asteroid A that dissipates during the collision is 0.46.

Step by step solution

01

Given in the question.

Initial velocity of asteroid A isvA=40m/s.

02

Law of conservation of momentum.

The total momentum of an isolated system remains conserved during the collision. Thus, the total momentum of all the constituents of the system before the collision and after the collision will be the same.

03

The speed of each asteroid after the collision.

Conservative of momentum states that initial and final momenta should be same,

pA+pB=pA'+pB'

Here, pAand pBare the momentum of the two asteroids before the collision and localid="1665130324336" pA'andpB'are the momentum of the two asteroids after the collision.

Before collision, asteroid B was at rest and its momentum is 0.

So, along the x -axis, the law of conservation of momentum, gives the equation-

mvA=mvA'cos30+mvB'cos45....................................1

Here, vAis the velocity of the asteroid A before the collision and vA'andvB'are the velocities of the two asteroids after the collision.

along the y-axis, the law of conservation of momentum, gives the equation-

0=mvA'sin30-mvB'sin45mvA'sin30=mvB'sin45vA'=vB'2............................2

Substitute this into equation (1) , we get:

mvA=mvB'2cos30+mvB'cos45vA=vB'2cos30+cos45vB'=VA2cos30+cos45vB'=40m/s2cos30+cos45

On further solving,

vB'=40m/s2cos30+cos45=20.7m/s

Substituting value of vB'in equation (2)

vA'=vB'2=20.7m/s2=29.3m/s

Hence, the velocities are vA'=29.3m/sand vB'=20.7m/s.

04

(b) The fraction of original kinetic energy of asteroid A dissipates during collision.

The kinetic energy of asteroid A before and after collision are given as:

K1=12mvA2beforecollisionK2=12mvA'2aftercollision

Now, the fraction of dissipated energy is given as:

f=KK1=K1-K2K1=1-vA'2vA2=0.46

Hence, the fraction of the original kinetic energy of asteroid A that dissipates during the collision is 0.46 .

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