Today’s Goal

YAKEEN BATCH
Collision 2: Elastic Collision
Ch-07:Collisions in 2-D
Lect-02 Inelastic Collision
Coefficient of Restitution

Elastic Collision in 2-D

Q) Keeping the principle of conservation of momentum in
mind which of the following collision diagram is not correct
Q) A billiard ball moving at a speed 2m/s strikes an identical
ball initially at rest,at a glancing blow.After the collision one
ball is found to be moving at speed of 1 m/s at 60o with the
original line of motion.The velocity of the other ball shall be
a) (3)1/2 m/s at 30o to the original direction.
b) 1 m/s at 60o to the original direction.
c) (3)1/2 m/s at 60o to the original direction.
d) 1 m/s at 30o to the original direction.
Q) Two spheres A and B of masses m1 and m2 respectively
collide.A is at rest initially and B is moving with velocity v
along x-axis.After collision,B has a velocity v/2 in a direction
perpendicular to the original direction.The mass A moves
after collision in the direction [2012]
a) same as that of B
b) opposite to that of B
𝟏
c) θ=tan-1( )to the x-axis
𝟐
𝟏
d) θ=tan-1(− )to the x-axis
𝟐

Q) On a frictionless surface,a block of mass M moving at

speed v collides elastically with another block of same mass
M which is initially at rest.After collision the first block
moves at an angle θ to its initial direction and has a speed
v/3.The second block’s speed after collision is [2015]
𝟑 𝟐 𝟐
a) 𝒗 c) 𝒗
𝟐 𝟑

𝟑 𝟑
b) 𝒗 d) 𝒗
𝟐 𝟒

Inelastic Collision

Inelastic Collision (Perfectly) 1 2

1. After collision both bodies stick together and

move with a common velocity.

2. Momentum remains conserved throughout.

3. K.E i > K.E f

Q) Two particles of mass m1,m2 move with initial velocities u1
and u2.On collision, one of the particles get excited to higher
level, after absorbing energy 𝜺.If final velocities of particles
be v1 and v2 then we must have [2015]

a) m12u1+m22u2-ε = m12v1+m22v2
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
b) m1u12+ m2u22 = m1v12+ m2v22 -ε
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
c) m1u12 + m2u22 –ε = m1v12+ m2v22
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐 𝟐
𝟏 𝟏 𝟏
d) m12u12+ m22u22 + ε= m12v12+ m22v22
𝟐 𝟐 𝟐

Q) A moving body of mass m and velocity 3 km/hour collides

with a body at rest of mass 2m and sticks to it.Now the
combined mass starts to move. What will be the combined
velocity? [CBSE AIPMT 1996]

a) 3 km/hour
b) 4 km/hour
c) 1 km/hour
d) 2 km/hour

Q) A metal ball of mass 2 kg moving with a velocity of 36

km/h has an head-on collision with a stationary ball of mass
3 kg.If after the collision,the two balls move together,the loss
in kinetic energy due to collision is
[CBSE AIPMT 1997,AIIMS 2001]
a) 40 J
b) 60 J
c) 100 J
d) 140 J

Q) A neutron having mass of 1.67 x 10-27 kg and moving at

108 m/s collides with a deutron at rest and sticks to it.If the
mass of the deutron is 3.34 x 10-27 kg; the speed of the
combination is [CBSE PMT 2000]

a) 2.56 x 103 m/s

b) 2.98 x 105 m/s
c) 3.33 x 107 m/s
d) 5.01 x 109 m/s
Q) A particle of mass m moving eastward with a speed v
collides with another particle of the same mass moving
northward with the same speed v. The two particles coalesce
on collision.The new particle of mass 2m will move in the
north-easterly direction with a velocity [NCERT 1980;CPMT
1991;MP PET 1999; DPMT 1999]

a) v/2
b) 2v
c) v/√2
d) v

Q) A mass m moving horizontally (along the x-axis) with Q) A bullet of mass m moving with a velocity v strikes a
velocity v collides and sticks to a mass of 3m moving vertically suspended wooden block of mass M as shown in the figure
upward(along the y-axis) with velocity 2v. The final velocity of and sticks to it. If the block rises to a height h the initial
the combination is [CBSE AIPMT 2011] velocity of the bullet is
𝒎+𝑴
𝟑 𝟏 a) 𝟐𝒈𝒉
a) Ƹ v 𝒋Ƹ
v 𝒊+ 𝒎
𝟐 𝟒
𝟏 𝟑 b) 𝟐𝒈𝒉
b) Ƹ
v 𝒊+ v 𝒋Ƹ 𝑴+𝒎
𝟒 𝟐
𝟏 𝟐 c) 𝟐𝒈𝒉
c) Ƹ
v 𝒊+ v 𝒋Ƹ 𝑴
𝟑 𝟑 𝒎
𝟐 𝟏 d) 𝟐𝒈𝒉
𝑴+𝒎
d) Ƹ
v 𝒊+ v 𝒋Ƹ
𝟑 𝟑
Q) A mass of 10 g moving horizontally with a velocity of
100cm/s strikes a pendulum bob of mass 10 g.Length of
string is 50 cm.The two masses stick together.The maximum
height reached by the system now is (Take g=10 m/s2)

a) 7.5 cm
b) 5 cm
c) 2.5 cm
d) 1.25 cm

Coefficient of Restitution(e)
𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏
𝒆=
𝑹𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒂𝒄𝒉

Partially Inelastic/elastic Collision Q) A ball moving with velocity 2 m/s collides head on with
another stationary ball of double the mass.If the coefficient
of restitution is 0.5 , then their velocities (in m/s) after
collision will be [CBSE AIPMT 2010]
a) 0,1
b) 1,1
c) 1,0.5
d) 0,2

Q) A moving block having mass m,collides with another

stationary block having mass 4m.The lighter block comes to
rest after collision.When the initial velocity of the lighter block
is v,then the value of coefficient of restitution (e) will be
[NEET 2018]

a) 0.5
b) 0.25
c) 0.8
d) 0.4
Rebounding of ball after collision with the
ground

Q) A ball is dropped on the ground from a height ‘h’.If the

coefficient of restitution is ‘e’. Velocity of ball after collision
with ground ?

a) e 𝟐𝒈𝒉
b) e2 𝟐𝒈𝒉
c) 𝟐𝒈𝒉
𝟐𝒈
d) e
𝒉

Q) A ball is dropped on the ground from a height ‘h’.If the

coefficient of restitution be e then to what height will it rise
after jumping twice from the ground. [RPMT 1996]

a) eh/2
b) 2eh
c) eh
d) e4h