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Question:

Two identical balls A and B having velocities of 0.5 m/s and -0.3 m/s respectively collide elastically in one dimension. The velocities of B and A after the collision respectively will be?

0.3 m/s and 0.5 m/s

-0.5 m/s and 0.3 m/s

0.5 m/s and -0.3 m/s

-0.3 m/s and 0.5 m/s

Solution:

On elastic collision between two masses moving with finite velocities, their velocities get exchanged and they travel in opposite directions as they were initially.Hence the velocity of B is +0.5m/s and that of A is -0.3m/s