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Laws of Conservation

Problem 1.173

A particle of mass mm having collided with a stationary particle of mass MM deviated by an angle π/2\pi / 2 whereas the particle MM recoiled at an angle θ=30\theta=30^{\circ} to the direction of the initial motion of the particle m.m . How much (in per cent) and in what way has the kinetic energy of this system changed after the collision, if M/m=M / m= =5.0?=5.0 ?

Reveal Answer
ΔT/T=(1+m/M)tan2θ+m/M1=40%\Delta T / T=(1+m / M) \tan ^{2} \theta+m / M-1=-40 \%