The two cubes in Figure P6.40 have different inertias. The cubes are connected to each other by a spring, and a hammer strikes them in the two ways, \((a)\) and \((b)\), shown in the figure. Assuming that the same impulse is transferred from the hammer, does the center-of-mass motion after the collision depend on which cube is struck first? 

Data from Figure P6.40

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(a) (b)