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Homework Statement
Two bars of masses ##m_1## and ##m_2## connected by a weightless spring of stiffness ##k## rest on a smooth horizontal plane. Bar 2 is shifted a small distance ##x## to the left and then released. Find the velocity of the centre of inertia of the system after bar 1 breaks off the wall.
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The Attempt at a Solution
The bar 1 breaks off from the wall when the bar 2 just passes its original position but I don't have any idea about how to begin making the equations here.