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A child playing marbles shoots a marble directly at another marble at rest. The first marble stops, and the second marble continues in a straight line with the same speed that the first marble had initially. What is the ratio of the masses of the two marbles? I need to see each step and formula to solve this question.

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The solution provides detailed explanations on the concept of kinetic energy applied for this problem.

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Let m1 and v1 be the mass and velocity of the first marble.
Let m2 and v2 be the mass and velocity of the second ...

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