Answer to Question #18168 in Mechanics | Relativity for john

Question

In order to make a split while bowling, it is determined that one of the pins needs to be hit and forced to move at a 70deg angle from the direction of the incoming ball. The ball's mass is 5times the pins mass. It is moving at 12 m/s when the ball strikes the pin. It can be assumed the collision is perfectly elastic, find the final speed of the ball and the pin and the ancgle at which the ball ends up moving.