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FOUR-STEP PLAN
Step 1: FBD - Draw individual free body diagrams (FBDs) of each particle, along with an FBD of all three particles.
Step 2: Linear impulse/momentum - Carefully consider each FBD above. In which directions (if any) is linear momentum conserved for each FBD.
Step 3: Kinematics - None needed here.
Step 4: Solve - Use the conservation of linear momentum equations from Step 2, along with the coefficient of restitution equation in the "n"-directions for the two impacts.