ERIC Number: EJ860247
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Publication Date: 2008-Apr
Pages: 2
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Oblique and Head-On Elastic Collisions
Ng, Chiu-king
Physics Teacher, v46 n4 p240-241 Apr 2008
When a moving ball collides elastically with an identical, initially stationary ball, the incident ball will either come to rest (head-on collision; see Fig. 1) or will acquire a velocity that is perpendicular to that acquired by the target ball (oblique collision; see Fig. 2). These two possible outcomes are related in an interesting way, which we describe in this paper.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Principles, Physics, Motion, Scientific Concepts, Mechanics (Physics)
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