Compute the speed of a neutron

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Many nuclear reactors use heavy water moderators in which elastic collisions occur between neutrons and deuterons of mass 2.0 u.

(a) What is the speed of a neutron, expressed as a fraction of its original speed, after a head-on, elastic collision with a deuteron that is initially at rest?

(b) What is its kinetic energy, expressed as a fraction of the initial value?

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