Candidates should be able to:

• recall Newton’s experimental law and the definition of the coefficient of restitution, the property \(0 \leqslant e \leqslant 1\), and the meaning of the terms ‘perfectly elastic’ \((e = 1)\) and ‘inelastic’ \((e = 0)\)
• use conservation of linear momentum and/or Newton’s experimental law to solve problems that may be modelled as the direct or oblique impact of two smooth spheres, or the direct or oblique impact of a smooth sphere with a fixed surface.

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Momentum – Further Mechanics Paper 3 Videos Part 1 – 3

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