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Consider a one-dimensional, head-on elastic collision. One
object has a mass m1 and an initial velocity v1; the other has a mass
m2 and an initial velocity v2. Use momentum conservation and
energy conservation to show that the final velocities of the two
masses are
v1,f = a
m1 - m2
m1 + m2
bv1 + a 2m2
m1 + m2
bv2
v2,f = a 2m1
m1 + m2
bv1 + a
m2 - m1
m1 + m2
bv
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