Subject: Got it.
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Posted on: 2013-04-11 22:26:00 UTC

Realistically speaking, the 10kg ball could not transfer all of its momentum to the 1 kg ball: the mass ratio is far too big. Instead, the 10 kg ball will keep on rolling forward at something just under its initial velocity and the 1 kg ball will be sent forward at about 2*v1.

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