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Two piloted satellites approach one another at a relative speed of 0.250 m/s, intending to dock. The first has a mass of 4.00×103 kg4 . \text{00} \times \text{10}^{3} \text{ kg}, and the second a mass of 7.50×103 kg7 . \text{50} \times \text{10}^{3} \text{ kg}. If the two satellites collide elastically rather than dock, what is their final relative velocity?

OpenStax College Physics 2e, 8.4 Elastic Collisions in One Dimension, exercise 23

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