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A body of mass collides head on elastically with a stationary body of mass . After collision, the smaller body reverses its direction of motion and moves with a speed of . The initial speed of the smaller body before collision is ______ .
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Let be the initial speed of the smaller body before collision.
Let be the final speed of the bigger body after collision.
Applying conservation of linear momentum,
We know, coefficient of restitution for elastic perfectly collision is .
Equating , we have
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