Turning a simple mech. problem into an olympiad one

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There is a nice sheet of mechanics problems: Kalda
I once shared this link on the PF.
Consider problem pr33. Since this problem is very simple let us modify it a bit. Namely assume that the left block has the same initial velocity:
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The question is the same. I suspect that now it is an olympiad problem indeed. :)
My guess is to write down the Lagrange equations for the system with three degrees of freedom and expand the corresponding solution using the Taylor formula up to at least ##O(t^4)## .
 
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