In a collision, a 5 kg mass moving at 2m/s transfers all of its momentum to a 1 kg mass. What is the velocity of the 1kg mass after the collision?Will give brainliest

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Answer:
Answer:
velocity = 10 m/sec in the same direction as the first body did

Explanation:
The momentum of the body can be calculated as follows:
momentum = mass * velocity

For the first body, we have:
mass = 5 kg
velocity = 2 m/sec
momentum = mass * velocity
momentum = 5 * 2 = 10 kg.m/sec

We know that this momentum is transferred completely to the second body

For the second bode, we have:
momentum = 10 Kg.m/sec
mass = 1 kg
momentum = mass * velocity
10 = 1 * velocity 
velocity = 10/1
velocity = 10 m/sec

Finally, we should get the direction of the motion:
Both the velocity of the first and second bodies have positive values. Therefore, the second body is moving in the same direction as the first body did.

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