
Velocity of a just before hitting : u=2 g2R=gR Just after collision, let velocity of A and B are v1 and v2 respectively ∴ by COM: $\begin{aligned}
& m u=m v_1+\frac{m}{2} v_2 \
& 2 v_1+v_2=2 u ...(i)\
& e=1=\frac{v_2-v_1}{u} \
& \Rightarrow v_2-v_1=u..(ii)
\end{aligned}From(i)−(ii)\Rightarrow 3 \mathrm{v}_1=\mathrm{u} \Rightarrow \mathrm{v}_1=\frac{\mathrm{u}}{3}=\frac{1}{3} \sqrt{\mathrm{gR}}$
