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A solid plastic ball hits a stationary tennis ball in a perfectly elastic collision. If the mass of the plastic ball is three times that of the tennis ball, which statement is true?

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The two balls split apart but the tennis ball keeps moving

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Tennis ball will move with 1/3 th velocity of plastic ball
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