Given two balls, each of mass m, traveling together at speed v, what is the total linear momentum of this two-ball system? What is the total kinetic energy?

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  1. Given two balls, each of mass m, traveling together at speed v, what is the total linear momentum of this two-ball system? What is the total kinetic energy? 

B.If the balls from the previous question strike three stationary balls (as in your previous tests), what is the total linear momentum of the ball(s) that are in motion after the collision? What is the total kinetic energy? 

C. Is it possible for two balls (mass m each, speed v) to strike a line of balls and have a single ball (mass m) “scatter” from the other end of the line with twice the speed (speed 2v)? What would be the momentum of the single ball? What would its kinetic energy be?

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