Question: Consider a head - on elastic collision between two objects. Object 1 , which has mass m 1 , is initially in motion, and collides

Consider a head-on elastic collision between two objects. Object 1, which has mass m1, is initially in motion, and collides head-on with object 2, which has mass m2, and is initially at rest. Which of the following statements about the collision are true?
|vec(p)1,final||vec(p)1,initial|
If m2m1, then the final speed of object 1 is greater than the final speed of object
2.
If m2m1, then |vec(p)1|>|vec(p)2|
If m1m2, then the final speed of object 2 is less than the initial speed of object 1.
vec(p)1,initial=vec(p)1,final+vec(p)2,final
Consider a head - on elastic collision between

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