A ball of mass 0.5 kg makes a head-on elastic collision with a second ball (at...

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A ball of mass 0.5 kg makes a head-on elastic collision with asecond ball (at rest) and rebounds with a speed equal to 0.450 itsoriginal speed. The mass of the second ball in kg

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Since in elastic collision there is no loss of energy therefore we can apply conservation of momentum on the system of two balls Let initial velocity of    See Answer
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