In space, a 4.0 kg metal ball moving 30. m/s has a head-on collision with a stationary second ball of equal mass. After the elastic collision, what are the velocities of the balls?

What will be an ideal response?


They exchange velocities: the first becomes zero, and the second acquires 30. m/s in the direction the first was moving.

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The rule for the interaction of magnetic poles is similar to the rule for electric

A) circuits. B) polarization. C) charges.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A proton having a speed of 3.0 × 106 m/s in a direction perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field moves in a circle of radius 0.20 m within the field. What is the magnitude of the magnetic field? (e = 1.60 × 10-19 C, mproton = 1.67 × 10-27 kg)

A) 0.080 T B) 0.16 T C) 0.24 T D) 0.32 T E) 0.36 T

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