## 3. Firstly, it is essential to comprehend how the velocity of the particles after collision is calculated. We will solve the problem in the elastic collision model (one-dimensional Newtonian). ### 3.1 The consequences of particle collisions. Consider two particles, designated as particles `1` and `2`, with respective masses $m_1$ and $m_2$. Before the collision, the velocities of particles 1 and 2 are $v_1$ and $v_2$, respectively. After the collision, the velocities of particles 1 and 2 are $v_1'$ and $v_2'$, respectively. In any collision, momentum is conserved. An elastic collision is an collision, as a result of which the total kinetic energy of the colliding particles is conserved. The conservation of momentum before and after the collision is expressed by the following equation: $$ m_{1}\vec{v}_{1} + m_{2}\vec{v}_{2} = m_{1}\vec{v'}_{1} + m_{2}\vec{v'}_{2} $$ And the conservation of the total kinetic energy before and after the collision is expressed by the following equation: $$ \frac{m_{1}{v_{1}}^2}{2} + \frac{m_{2}{v_{2}}^2}{2} = \frac{m_{1}{v'_{1}}^2}{2} + \frac{m_{2}{v'_{2}}^2}{2} $$ If we consider the law of conservation of momentum in projection on the X-axis, we can transform the previous equations into the following system: $$ \begin{cases} m_{1}({v_{1}} - {v'_{1}}) = m_{2}({v'_{2}} - {v_{2}}) \\ m_{1}({v_{1}}^2 - {v'_{1}}^2) = m_{2}({v'_{2}}^2 - {v_{2}}^2) \end{cases} $$ The division of each side of the top equation by each side of the bottom equation yields: $$ \frac{v_{1} - v'_{1}}{{v_{1}^2} - {v'_{1}}^2} = \frac{v'_{2} - v_{2}}{{{v'_{2}}^2} - {v_{2}}^2} $$ The preceding equation may be transformed using the difference of two squares formula to obtain the following: $$ \frac{v_{1} - v'_{1}}{(v_1 + v'_1)(v_1 - v'_1)} = \frac{v'_{2} - v_{2}}{(v'_2 - v_2)(v'_2 + v_2)} $$ This expression can be transformed as follows: $$ \frac{1}{v_1 + v'_1} = \frac{1}{v'_2 + v_2} $$ From this expression follows: $$ v_1 + v'_1 = v'_2 + v_2 $$ From this equation, the following system can be derived: $$ \begin{cases} v'_1 = v_2 + v'_2 - v_1 \\ v'_2 = v_1 + v'_1 - v_2 \end{cases} $$ The law of conservation of momentum then yields the following: $$ \begin{cases} m_1v_1 + m_2v_2 = m_1{v'}_1 + m_2(v_1 + {v'}_1 - v_2) \\ m_1v_1 + m_2v_2 = m_1(v_2 + v'_2 - v_1) + m_2v'_2 \end{cases} $$ From this, we can derive the velocity of the particles following the collision as follows: $$ \begin{cases} v'_1 = \frac{2m_2v_2 + v_1(m_1-m_2)}{m_1+m_2} \\ v'_2 = \frac{2m_1v_1 + v_2(m_2-m_1)}{m_1+m_2} \end{cases} $$