Momentum and CollisionHard
Question
A mass m is moving horizontally (along the x-axis) with velocity v collides and sticks to a mass of 3m moving vertically upwards (along the y-axis) with velocity 2v. The finalvelocity of the combination is
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Solution

According to conservation of momentum, we have
where v′ is the final velocity after collision

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