After a perfectly inelastic collision between two identical particles which were moving with the same speed in different directions, the speed of the particles become half the initial speed. The angle between the velocities of the two particles before collision is

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After a perfectly inelastic collision between two identical particles which were moving with the same speed in different directions, the speed of the particles become half the initial speed. The angle between the velocities of the two particles before collision is, 6 0 ∘, 4 5 ∘, 1 2 0 ∘, 3 0 ∘

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In perfectly inelastic collision between two particles, linear momentum is conserved. Let θ be the angle between the velocities of the two particles before collision. Then p 2 = p 1 2 + p 2 2 + 2 p 1 p 2 cos θ or 2 m v ⁡ 2 2 = mv ⁡ 2 + mv 2 + 2 mv mv cos θ or 1 = 1 + 1 + 2 cos θ or cos θ = - 1 2 or θ = 1 2 0 ∘

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