Question: A large ball rolls across the table at a certain speed and hits a stationary ball of much, much smaller mass in a head-on

 

A large ball rolls across the table at a certain speed and hits a stationary ball of much, much smaller mass in a head-on elastic collision. Predict which way each ball would be moving after the collision and explain why. Would your prediction change if it was the smaller ball that hit a stationary larger ball? Explain.

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