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Mass \(m_1\) moves toward stationary mass \(m_2\) before \(m_2\) ascends the ramp.
Mass \(m_1\) moves toward stationary mass \(m_2\) before \(m_2\) ascends the ramp.
A block of mass \(m_1\) slides across a frictionless horizontal surface with an initial velocity of magnitude \(v_0\) toward a stationary block of mass \(m_2\). The two blocks undergo an elastic, head-on collision in one dimension. Immediately after the collision, the block of mass \(m_2\) slides smoothly up a frictionless ramp. In terms of \(m_1\), \(m_2\), \(v_0\), and \(g\), what is the maximum vertical height \(h\) above the horizontal surface reached by the block of mass \(m_2\)?

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