A 0.55 kg basketball moving 6.3 m/s to the right collides with a 0.06 kg tennis ball moving 35 m/s to the left. After the collision, the tennis ball is moving 39.5 m/s to the right. What is the velocity

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A 0.55 kg basketball moving 6.3 m/s to the right collides with a 0.06 kg tennis

ball moving 35 m/s to the left. After the collision, the tennis ball is moving
39.5 m/s to the right. What is the velocity of the basketball after the collision?
Assume an elastic collision occurred.
A. 1.8 m/s to the right
B. 14.4 m/s to the left
C. 14.4 m/s to the right D. 1.8 m/s to the left