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The masses of five balls at rest in a straight line from a geometrical progression whose ratio is 2 and their coefficients of restitution are each `2/(3)`. If the first ball be started towards the second with velocity u, then the velocity communicated to the fifth is ...

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`(5/(9))^(4)`
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