A ball of mass m approaches a wall of mass M m with speed 4 m s - 1 along the normal to the wall. The speed of wall is 1 m s - 1 towards the ball. The speed of the ball after an elastic collision with the wall is

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A ball of mass m approaches a wall of mass M > > m with speed 4 m s - 1 along the normal to the wall. The speed of wall is 1 m s - 1 towards the ball. The speed of the ball after an elastic collision with the wall is, 5 m s - 1 away from the wall, 9 m s - 1 away from the wall, 3 m s - 1 away from the wall, 6 m s - 1 away from the wall

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Let v be the velocity of the ball after the collision. As collision is elastic ∴ e = 1 or The relative velocity of separation = relative velocity of approach ∴ v - 1 = 4 + 1 or v = 6 m s - 1 (away from the wall)

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