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A cart with mass 290 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.7 m/s undergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the first cart continues in its original direction at 1.1 m/s. (a) What is the mass of the second cart? (b) What is its speed after impact? (c) What is the speed of the two-cart center of mass? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units

A cart with mass 290 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.7 m/s undergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the first cart continues in its original direction at 1.1 m/s. (a) What is the mass of the second cart? (b) What is its speed after impact? (c) What is the speed of the two-cart center of mass? (a) Number Units (b) Number Units (c) Number Units

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A cart with mass 290 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.7 m / s undergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the first cart continues in its original direction at 1.1 m / s . (a) What is the mass of the second cart? (b) What is its speed after impact? (c) What is the speed of the two-cart center of mass? (a) Number i Units ◻ (b) Number i Units ◻ (c) Number i ◻ Units ◻

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