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Laws of Conservation

Problem 1.187

A disc AA of mass mm sliding over a smooth horizontal surface with velocity vv experiences a perfectly elastic collision with a smooth stationary wall at a point O^\hat{O} (Fig. 1.48).) . The angle between the motion direction of the disc and the normal of the wall is equal to α.\alpha . Find: (a) the points relative to which the angular momentum M of the disc remains constant in this process; (b) the magnitude of the increment of the vector of the disc's angular momentum relative to the point OO^{\prime} which is located in the plane of the disc's motion at the distance ll from the point OO

Reveal Answer
1.187. (a) Relative to all points of the straight line drawn at right angles to the wall through the point OO; (b) ΔM=2mvlcosα|\Delta \mathbf{M}|=2 m v l \cos \alpha