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    What Happens During a Collision of Three Objects on a Smooth Floor?

    But they are in contact, are both of them experiencing F respectively at the moment of strike?
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    What happens when two spheres of different masses are given a slight push?

    There are two spheres in contact in a row. The mass of the left one is m and the right is 2m. If there's a slight push of F to the right on the left ball. What would happen to the two balls? Thanks!
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    Free body diagram : Compression and Tension

    P, Q, R, S are light rods attached to the wall with a force W acting at that point in the figure. Please explain whether Compression or Tension is acting on them respectively by using Free body diagram and proper explanation. Can I resolve W in this way so that we have a force in the...
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    What Happens During a Collision of Three Objects on a Smooth Floor?

    The floor is smooth. Y and Z are in contact. The mass of the balls are m,m and 2m as stated. Assume all collision is elastic, what are the velocity of the three balls after all collisions?? Now, Y and Z are reversed in position. At the time of collision, what would happen for the three...
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