Question

A billiard ball approaches a cushioned edge of a billiard table with momentum, p. After the collision with the cushion, it bounces straight back with the same amount of momentum in the opposite direction. What is the impulse on the ball?
bobpursley
It is twice the original momentum
change in momentum=finalmome-initial
= -p-p=-2P

Related Questions

103. A billiard ball, aimed at a point A on the edge of the cushion of a horizontal billiard table,... A billiard ball traveling at 3.00 m/s collides perfectly elastically with an identical billiard ball... A billiard cue is moving at a high velocity. It hits a racked collection of billiard balls. After th...