Block $A$ has a mass of 3kg and is sliding on a rough horizontal surface with a velocity $V_{A} = 2 m s^{- 1}$ When it makes a direct collision with block $B,$ which has a mass of 2kg and is originally at rest. If the collision is perfectly elastic, calculate the distance, in cm, between the blocks when they stop sliding the coefficient of kinetic friction between the blocks and the plane is $μ_{k} = 0.4$ and given $g = 10 m s^{- 2}$ ____________

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$V_{A}' = (\frac{m_{A} - m_{B}}{m_{A} + m_{B}}) V_{A} = (\frac{3 - 2}{3 + 2}) (2) = 0.4 m s^{- 1}$
$V_{B}' = (\frac{2 m_{A}}{m_{A} + m_{B}}) V_{B} = (\frac{6}{3 + 2}) (2) = 2.4 m s^{- 1}$
Retardation, of both the blocks will be
$a = μ_{k} g = 0.4 \times 10 = 4 m s^{- 2}$
$S_{A} = \frac{V_{A}^{2}}{2 a}$ and $S_{B} = \frac{V_{B}^{2}}{2 a}$
Therefore, the desired distance is
$d = S_{B} - S_{A} = \frac{V_{B}^{2} - V_{A}^{2}}{2 a} = \frac{{(2.4)}^{2} - {(0.4)}^{2}}{8}$
$d = \frac{5.6}{8} = 0.7 m = 70 c m$