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Recap - Billiards

Part of the Mechanics section of Coddy's Physics journey. Lesson 74 of 97.

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A cue stick strikes a 0.17 kg0.17\ \mathrm{kg} cue ball at rest with an impulse of 0.34 N⋅s0.34\ \mathrm{N\cdot s} along the x axis. The cue ball rolls into an object ball of the same mass at rest, and afterwards moves at 1 m/s1\ \mathrm{m/s}, 60∘60^\circ above the x axis. Find the x velocity v2x\relax v_{2x} of the object ball.

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Physics diagram: path, ball, vec; arrows J = 0.34 N·s, v 1f = 1 m/s, v 2x = ?

Solve for v2xv_{2x}

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