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Two identical steel cubes collide head-on face to face with a speed of 10 cm/s each. Find the maximum compression of each. Young’s modulus for steel = Y = 2 × 1011 N/m2.

Y = stress/strain

Y = FL/A∆L

WD = F∆L

KE = 5 × 10-4 J

WD = KE

∆L = 5 × 10-7 m