1.I.4B

Special Relativity | Part IB, 2006

A ball of clay of mass mm travels at speed vv in the laboratory frame towards an identical ball at rest. After colliding head-on, the balls stick together, moving in the same direction as the first ball was moving before the collision. Calculate the mass m′m^{\prime} and speed v′v^{\prime} of the combined lump, justifying your answers carefully.

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