SOLUTION: A block of mass 120 g moves with a speed of 6.0 m/s on a frictionaless horizontal surface towards another block ofmass 180 g kept at rest. They collide and the first block stops

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Question 732219: A block of mass 120 g moves with a speed of
6.0 m/s on a frictionaless horizontal surface
towards another block ofmass 180 g kept at rest.
They collide and the first block stops. Find the
speed of the other block after the collision.

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A block of mass 120 g moves with a speed of 6.0 m/s on a frictionless horizontal surface
towards another block of mass 180 g kept at rest.
They collide and the first block stops. Find the speed of the other block after the collision.
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Use the law of the momentum conservation

    120*6 = 180*v,

where v is the speed of the block of the mass 180 g.


From this equation

    v = %28120%2A6%29%2F180 = %282%2F3%29%2A6 = 2*2 = 4 m/s.


ANSWER.  The speed of the other block after the collision is 4 m/s.

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