A block with mass M = 5.70 kg is sliding in the positive x-direction at Vi = 8.45 m/s on a frictionless surface when it collides elastically in one dimension with a stationary block with mass m = 1.75 kg. Determine the velocities,  Vf  and  vf,  of the objects after the collision. Vf =  m/s vf =  m/s

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A block with mass M = 5.70 kg is sliding in the positive x-direction at Vi = 8.45 m/s on a frictionless surface when it collides elastically in one dimension with a stationary block with mass m = 1.75 kg.



Determine the velocities, 

Vf

 and 

vf,

 of the objects after the collision.

Vf
=  m/s
vf
=  m/s
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