Cart 1 with inertia (mass) 1 kg and initial velocity 1 m/s collides on a frictionless...

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Cart 1 with inertia (mass) 1 kg and initial velocity 1 m/scollides on a frictionless track with cart 2, with initial velocity1/3 m/s. If the final velocity of cart 1 is, 1/3 m/s and the finalvelocity of cart 2 is 2/3 m/s:

a. Is this a perfectly elastic collision?

b. What is the mass of cart 2?

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ae is usually a positive real numberbetween 0 and 1e 0 This is a perfectlyinelastic collision This means kinetic energy along thecommon normal is 0 Kinetic energy is    See Answer
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