Answer: A 0.280-kg croquet ball makes an elastic head-on

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QUESTION:

(II) A \(0.280-\mathrm{kg}\) croquet ball makes an elastic head-on collision with a second ball initially at rest. The second ball moves off with half the original speed of the first ball.

(a) What is the mass of the second ball?

(b) What fraction of the original kinetic energy \((\Delta \mathrm{KE} / \mathrm{KE})\) gets transferred to the second ball?

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QUESTION:

(II) A \(0.280-\mathrm{kg}\) croquet ball makes an elastic head-on collision with a second ball initially at rest. The second ball moves off with half the original speed of the first ball.

(a) What is the mass of the second ball?

(b) What fraction of the original kinetic energy \((\Delta \mathrm{KE} / \mathrm{KE})\) gets transferred to the second ball?

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Apply the principle of conservation of linear momentum.

                                                                  

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