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9.7 Exercise 24

Avg difficulty 2.5

Derive the equations giving the final speeds for two objects that collide elastically, with the mass of the objects being m1m_{1} and m2m_{2} and the initial speeds being v1,iv_{\text{1},\text{i}} and v2,i=0v_{\text{2},\text{i}} = 0 (i.e., second object is initially stationary).

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