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A neutron is moving with velocity It collides head-on and elastically with an atom of mass number . If the initial kinetic energy of the neutron is , then how much kinetic energy will be retained by the neutron after reflection?
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The fraction of total retained by nucleus

Kinetic energy retained by neutron after collision is
Kinetic energy retained by neutron after collision is
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