Elastic collision of air-track glider


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An air-track glider with an initial speed of 4.0 m/s has a head-on collision with another glider at rest that is three times as massive. What are the final speed and directions of the gliders if the collision is elastic? I believe the answer is V1 = -2.0 m/s and V2 = +2.0 m/s.

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