A warning system has calculated that two asteroids will collide not far from Earth any time soon.
The smaller asteroid has the mass m and moves with the velocity vm. The bigger asteroid has the mass M = 3m and the velocity of v(M) = 0.5 V(m)
They collide at an angle of α = 60 degree and turn into a
single heavy asteroid (inelastic collision):
(a) Calculate the velocity of the single object after the collision.
(b) Determine the angle Bêta after the collision.
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