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Momentum, impulse and collisions requiring resolvingAQA A-Level Further Maths: Mind map

What this mind map covers

  • Principle
  • Wall impacts
  • Two spheres
  • Impulse
  • Energy
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Exam questions on Momentum, impulse and collisions requiring resolving

  1. A smooth ball of mass 0.20.2 kg hits a fixed smooth vertical wall with speed 1010 m s⁻¹. Its direction of motion before the impact makes an angle of 60∘60^\circ with the wall. The coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall is 0.50.5.
    Find the speed of the ball immediately after the impact.2 marks
  2. A smooth ball of mass 0.30.3 kg moves on a smooth horizontal floor with velocity (8i−6j)(8\mathbf{i}-6\mathbf{j}) m s⁻¹ and hits a fixed smooth vertical wall that is parallel to the vector i\mathbf{i}. The coefficient of restitution between the ball and the wall is 0.750.75. Here i\mathbf{i} and j\mathbf{j} are perpendicular horizontal unit vectors.
    Find the angle through which the direction of motion of the ball is deflected by the impact.2 marks
  3. A smooth sphere of mass 0.50.5 kg hits a fixed smooth vertical wall with speed 2020 m s⁻¹. Before the impact its direction of motion makes an angle α\alpha with the wall, where tan⁡α=43\tan\alpha=\frac43. The coefficient of restitution between the sphere and the wall is 34\frac34.
    Find the speed of the sphere immediately after the impact.3 marks
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Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).