In a game of pool the cue ball strikes another ball of the same mass and initially at rest. After the collision the cue ball moves at 3.50 m/s along a line making an angle of 22 degrees with its original direction of motion. and the second ball had a speed of 2 m/s. a)What is the angle between the direction of motion of the second ball and the original direction of motion of the cue ball?

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b) What is the original speed of the cue ball?

a) would I use
m_ax*v_ax= (m_a+M_b)Vcos theda and do the same for the y axis But what about the masses? and what would the V be equal to?. I'm not completely sure what to do though.
b) What is the equation I would use? Is it(m_a)(v_a)+(m_b)(v_b)=1/2(m_a+m_b)V^2?

Can you please clearify each step of this problem? The part that really confuses me is that the masses are of the same mass. I know they would cancel but i'm more confortable when they have values. I should be getting 41 degrees for a) and for b) 4.76 m/s

The total momentum perpendicular the original cue ball direction remains zero.
3.5 sin 22 = 2.0 sin A
sin A = 1.75 sin 22 = 0.65556
A = 40.96 degrees
Choose original cue ball speed to require conservation of forward momentum
V = 2 cos 40.96 + 3.5 cos 22 = 4.755

The collision turns out to be inelastic since there is less final kinetic energy than initially. In reality, this type of collision would be unlikely for billiard balls.