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For a two-body collision involving objects with different masses, a frame of reference which has the same velocity relative to the laboratory as does the center of mass of the two objects is:

A. a frame for which the momentum of the incident object is zero

B. a frame for which the momentum of the target object is zero

C. a frame for which the average momentum of the two objects is zero

D. a frame for which the total momentum of the two objects is zero

E. none of the above

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D. a frame for which the total momentum of the two objects is zero

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