A small block of mass m1 = 0.500 kg is released from rest at the top of a curve-shaped

frictionless wedge of mass m2 = 3.00 kg, which sits on a frictionless horizontal surface as in the figure
below. When the block leaves the wedge, its velocity is measured to be 4.00 m/s to the right, as in figure
below.
(a) What is the velocity of the wedge after the block reaches the horizontal surface?
(b) What is the height h of the wedge?

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