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A body of mass collides elastically with another body at rest and then continues to move in the original direction with one-half of its original speed. What is the mass of the target body (in )?
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Conservation of linear momentum :
Newton's experimental law :
Putting for elastic collision we obtain,
Using (1) and (2), we obtain .
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