A particle of mass m1 experienced a perfectly elastic collision with a stationary particle of mass m2.

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A particle of mass m1 experienced a perfectly elastic collision with a stationary particle of mass m2. What fraction of the kinetic energy does the striking particle lose, if?
(a) It recoils at right angles to its original motion direction;
(b) The collision is a head-on one?
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