Two blocks of masses my and my approach each other on a horizontal table with the same constant speed, vo, as measured by a laboratory observer. The blocks undergo a perfectly elastic collision, and it is observed that m; stops but my moves opposite its original motion with some constant speed, v. (a) Determine the ratio of the two masses, m,/m₂. (b) What is the ratio of their speeds, v/vo?

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Two blocks of masses my and my approach each other on a horizontal table with the same constant speed, vo, as measured by a laboratory observer. The blocks undergo a perfectly elastic collision, and it is observed that m; stops but my moves opposite its original motion with some constant speed, v. (a) Determine the ratio of the two masses, m,/m₂. (b) What is the ratio of their speeds, v/vo? 

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