Elastic Collision 1d
Calculator
Final velocity of body 1 (m/s)
-2
Results
- Final velocity of body 1 (m/s)
- -2
- Final velocity of body 2 (m/s)
- 3
Physics results
| Final velocity of body 1 (m/s) | -2 |
| Final velocity of body 2 (m/s) | 3 |
formula-map diagram
- Final velocity of body 1 (m/s)
- -2
- Final velocity of body 2 (m/s)
- 3
Physical relationship
Formula
v1' = ((m1−m2)/(m1+m2))v1 + (2m2/(m1+m2))v2= -2
Note
This result applies an idealized textbook equation to the numbers you entered; it ignores air resistance, material tolerances and other real-world losses.