If I have two objects colliding with equal mass it could be that the object exerting the force on the other (object A) comes to rest while the other (object B) is accelerated to the initial speed of object A. However could it also be that object A exerts a smaller force on B, not coming fully to rest, while object B is not fully accelerated to the initial speed of A.
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Sure. For example, in a perfectly inelastic collision the velocities of A and B after the collision will both be equal to half the original velocity of A.
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