Two protons collide in a perfectly elastic collision.  All motion occurs along a straight line.  The first proton is moving at 6.90 x 106 m/s and the other is moving in the opposite direction at 11.0 x 106 m/s.  What are their velocities after the collision?

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Two protons collide in a perfectly elastic collision.  All motion occurs along a straight line.  The first proton is moving at 6.90 x 106 m/s and the other is moving in the opposite direction at 11.0 x 106 m/s.  What are their velocities after the collision? 

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