Each croquet ball in a set has a mass of 0.52 kg. the green ball, traveling at 11.3 m/s, strikes the blue ball, which is at rest. assuming that the balls slide on a frictionless surface and all collisions are head-on, find the final speed of the blue ball in each of the following situations: a) the green ball stops moving after it strikes the blue ball. answer in units of m/s.

11.3 m/s

Explanation:

Momentum is conserved:

Total momentum before collision = total momentum after collision

m₁u₁ + m₂u₂ = m₁v₁ + m₂v₂

(0.52 kg) (11.3 m/s) + (0.52 kg) (0 m/s) = (0.52 kg) (0 m/s) + (0.52 kg) v

v = 11.3 m/s

an energy transformation flow diagram is shown

where is it ?

scattering of light by tiny particles in air to produce the colors we see on sky, is dependent on the following factors:

(i) wavelength of light

(ii) size of the scattering particle  

(iii) distance traveled by light through the atmosphere.

according to rayleigh's law of scattering, the amount of scattering is inversely proportional to the fourth power of its wavelength. shorter the wavelength, greater is its scattering. hence violet/blue light is scattered more than red.

sun's light is a composite light ( visible light) with wavelengths in the range 400 nm (violet) to 700 nm (red). as sunlight passes through our atmosphere, the molecules of air scatter light according to their wavelengths. during sunrise and sunset, the sun's position is below the horizon. hence light from the sun travels a greater distance in the atmosphere when compared to its position a noon.

as sunlight enters the earth's atmosphere, blue light is scattered away and at the end of its journey in the sky, only red and orange wavelengths remain in the beam.

hence at sunrise and sunset, the sky appears reddish orange.