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Consider a head-on collision between two particles of masses m1 and m2 The initial speed of the particles are u1 and u2 in the same direction. The collision starts at t = 0 and the particles interact for a time interval Δt. During the collision, the speed of the first particle varies asv(t) = u1 + (t/Δt)(v1- u1) Find the speed of the second particle as a function of time during the collision.

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USING law of CONSERVATION of MOMENTUM ,


m₁u₁ + m₂u₂ = m₁v(t) + m₂v'    (v' = speed of second particle during collision)


v' = (m₁/m₂)u₁ + u₂ - (m₁/m₂).v(t)


v' = (m₁/m₂)u₁ + u₂ - (m₁/m₂).{u₁ + (t/Δt)(v₁- u₁)}


v' = u₂ - (m₁/m₂).(t/Δt)(v₁- u₁)


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