On a frictionless horizontal surface,
assumed to be the x-y plane, a small
trolley A is moving along a straight
line parallel to the y-axis (see figure)
with a constant velocity of ((√3) − 1) m/s.
At a particular instant, when the line
OA makes an angle of 45° with the
x-axis, a ball is thrown along the
surface from the origin O. Its velocity
makes an angle φ with x-axis and it
hits the trolley.
1. The motion of the ball is observed from
the frame of the trolley. Calculate the
angle θ made by the velocity vector of
the ball with the x-axis in this frame.
2. Find the speed of the ball with
respect to the surface, if φ = ((4θ)/3)
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