On a frictionless horizontal air table, puck A (with mass 0.255 kgkg ) is moving toward puck B (with mass 0.367 kgkg ), which is initially at rest. After the collision, puck A has velocity 0.121 m/sm/s to the left, and puck B has velocity 0.655 m/sm/s to the right. What was the speed vAivAiv_Ai of puck A before the collision? Calculate ΔKΔKDeltaK, the change in the total kinetic energy of the system that occurs during the collision.

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On a frictionless horizontal air table, puck A (with mass 0.255 kgkg ) is moving toward puck B (with mass 0.367 kgkg ), which is initially at rest. After the collision, puck A has velocity 0.121 m/sm/s to the left, and puck B has velocity 0.655 m/sm/s to the right.

What was the speed vAivAiv_Ai of puck A before the collision?

Calculate ΔKΔKDeltaK, the change in the total kinetic energy of the system that occurs during the collision.

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