Two balls A and B of same mass and a third ball of mass M are arranged over a smooth horizontal surface as shown in fig.(1) Ball A moves with a velocity v₁
towards ball B and C. All collisions are assumed to be elastic. lf. m>M , the number of collisions between B and C

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Two balls A and B of same mass and a third ball of mass M are arranged over a smooth horizontal surface as shown in fig.(1) Ball A moves with a velocity v₁

towards ball B and C. All collisions are assumed to be elastic. lf. m>M , the number of collisions between B and C

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The first  collision will be between balls, A and B. In this collision ball A will come to rest while ball B will move forward with velocity $$v1$$ . This ball B will strike ball C (at$$ $$rest). Let $$v2$$ and $$v3$$ be the speeds of ball B and ball C respectively after collision. We have $$v2=m$$−$$Mm+Mv1$$ and $$v3=2mm+Mv1$$ when M

Two balls A and B of same mass and a third ball of mass M are arranged over a smooth horizontal surface as shown in fig.(1) Ball A moves with a velocity v₁
towards ball B and C. All collisions are assumed to be elastic. lf. m>M , the number of collisions between B and C

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Two balls A and B of same mass and a third ball of mass M are arranged over a smooth horizontal surface as shown in fig.(1) Ball A moves with a velocity v1 towards ball B and C. All collisions are assumed to be elastic. lf. m>M , the number of collisions between B and C

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Two balls A and B of same mass and a third ball of mass M are arranged over a smooth horizontal surface as shown in fig.(1) Ball A moves with a velocity v₁
towards ball B and C. All collisions are assumed to be elastic. lf. m>M , the number of collisions between B and C