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Formative assessment questions for teaching physics

A2L Item 289

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The question for students:

A block of mass 2 kg travels along a horizontal frictionless surface with velocity 3 m/s. The mass collides with another mass, m, and rebounds with velocity 1 m/s. Mass m is initially at rest. What is the kinetic energy of mass m after the collision?

  1. 10 J
  2. 6 J
  3. 2 J
  4. -4 J
  5. -8 J
  6. None of the above.
  7. Not enough information.

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