Two blocks of masses m, and m, approach each other on a horizontal table with the same constant speed, ve, as measured by a laboratory observer. The blocks undergo a perfectly elastic collision, and it is observed that m, stops but m, moves opposilte Its original motion with some constant speed, v. (a) Determine the ratio of the two masses, m,/m, (b) What is the ratio of their speeds, v/v?

Two blocks of masses m, and m, approach each other on a horizontal table with the same constant speed, ve, as measured by a laboratory observer. The blocks undergo a perfectly elastic collision, and it is observed that m, stops but m, moves opposilte Its original motion with some constant speed, v. (a) Determine the ratio of the two masses, m,/m, (b) What is the ratio of their speeds, v/v?

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Principles of Physics: A Calculus-Based Text

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Chapter8: Momentum And Collisions

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