Disk 1(of mass m) slides with speed 1.0 m/s across a low friction surface and collides with disk 2( of mass 2m) originally at rest. Disk 1 is observed to bounce off at an angle of 15degrees to its original line of motion, while disk 2 moves at an angle of 55degrees.
a) What is the unknown final speed of each disk?
b) Is this collision elastic? Why?
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