Essential University Physics (3rd Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134202709
Author: Richard Wolfson
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 78P
You set a small ball of mass m atop a large ball of mass M ≫ m and drop the pair from height h. Assuming the balls are perfectly elastic, show that the smaller ball rebounds to height 9h.
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