More complicated example

Consider a mass $m$ attached to a spring with spring constant $k$, sitting on a frictionless table at rest. A free mass, also with mass $m$, moves towards the first mass with velocity $v$ and does a head on elastic collision with it.

a
What are the velocities right after the collision?
b
What is the maximum compression of the spring?
c
What is the time the interval between the first collision, and when the masses recollide?
d
What are the final velocities are the masses?



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josh 2010-01-05