Consider a head-on, elastic collision between twobodies whose masses are m and M, with Itis well known that if m has speed and M is initiallyat rest, m will bounce straight back with its speedunchanged, while M will remain at rest (to anexcellent approximation). Use this fact to predict thefinal velocities if M approaches with speed and mis initially at rest.

Consider a head-on, elastic collision between twobodies whose masses are m and M, with Itis well known that if m has speed and M is initiallyat rest, m will bounce straight back with its speedunchanged, while M will remain at rest (to anexcellent approximation). Use this fact to predict thefinal velocities if M approaches with speed and mis initially at rest.

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Chapter5: Relativity

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