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A 500-g cart moving at 2. 0 m/s on an air track elastically strikes a 1,000-g cart at rest. What are the resulting velocities of the two carts?
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A 500-g cart moving at 2. 0 m/s on an air track elastically strikes a 1,000-g cart at rest.

What are the resulting velocities of the two carts?

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The resulting velocity of the 500-g cart is 0 m/s. The resulting velocity of the 1000-g cart is 1 m/s.

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