Hi there,

The attached worksheet has the formulas for the final velocities.

Once you determine the angles (which are also explained in the worksheet), you can determine the components of the final velocities.

If you can write out the exact problem for me, I can have a better idea of how to help out.

Let me know if that helps and feel free to ask questions.

Hi there !

The Maple Adoption forum is intended for high school and the first two years of undergraduate mathematics education. But no need to worry, your question can be addressed at the Maple Primes forum, in which you will receive a much larger and sophisticated audience that can help out:

http://www.mapleprimes.com/

Hope that helps :)

I'm glad that helped !

Now that you know how to find the final velocities by deriving the quadratic by hand, I have revised the previous worksheet and attached another one that shows you how to derive the quadratic and solve it just within a few clicks. This will show you Maple's powerful clickable abilities. Just follow the steps in the worksheet.

As for the angles/directions after the collision, the worksheet shows you show to narrow the problem down to a set of linear equations and how to use maple to solve them.

Hey there!

I've attached a worksheet that shows you how to find the final velocities ... given that you know all of the initial conditions. See if you can get this far, once you do, we'll work on using maple to help you out with finding the angles.

Let me know if you have any questions !

Hi there !

I've designed a worksheet (attached) that will show you how to use Maple to solve a 2D collision problem. When it comes 2D collisions, momentum equations can be really big and tedious to work with.

But with Maple, you can manipulate equations and isolate variables at the click of a button.

Let me know if you have any questions/comments !