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by BollaPinsvin 3 Comments »two grains are falling from the sky. They have the same radius and mass. The top one, A, has a relative velocity compare to the other, B wich is v0. A is falling vertically, but hits B at an angle created by a line drawn between the mass centre of the two grains, and the horizontal ground. As they colide, they stick to eachother, creating a spin. What is the loss of energy during the colission? This question involves finding the linear velocity, the angular velocity and the moment of inertia. And at first i thought ‘hmm..not so bad…’ but then i ended up with deltaE = (v0^2*m/224)*(51*sin(theta)^2-117) and i went like wtf is theta? and so i’m like ‘you suck’…:(
