A large number of small identical blocks, each of mass m, are placed on a smooth horizontal surface with distance between two successive blocks being d. A constant force F is applied on the first block as shown in the figure
(a) If the collisions are elastic, plot the variation of speed of block 1 with time.
(b) Assuming the collisions to be perfectly inelastic, find the speed of the moving blocks after n collisions. To what value does this speed tend to if n is very large.