A block of mass m1 = 4.15 kg is released from circled A. It makes a...

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A block of mass m1 = 4.15 kg is released from circled A. Itmakes a head-on elastic collision at circled B with a block of massm2 = 10.5 kg that is initially at rest. Calculate the maximumheight to which m1 rises after the collision.

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an elastic collision both momentum and energy are conserved So first things first find the potential energy of the block at its starting point PE    See Answer
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