A 1-kg steel ball and a 2-m cord of negligible mass make up asimple pendulum that can pivot without friction about a pointabove the system. This pendulum is released from rest in ahorizontal position and when the ball is at its lowest point itstrikes a 1-kg block sitting at rest on a shelf. Assume that thecollision is perfectly elastic and take the coefficient of frictionbetween the block and shelf to be .1.
(a) What is the velocity of the block just after impact?
(b) How far does the block move beforecoming to rest?