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A moving body of mass m makes a head on elastic collision with another body of mass `2m` which is initially at rest. Find the fraction of kinetic energy lost by the colliding particles after collision.

A

`sqrt(8) : 3`

B

`9 : 8`

C

`2 : 3`

D

`1 : 2`

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