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Weird collision question?

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A ball of mass m makes a head-on elastic collision with a second ball (at rest) and rebounds with a speed equal to one-fourth its original speed. What is the mass of the second ball?

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  1. in a completely elastic mv(1)= mv(2) so m2 = mv(1)/v(2) and v1= 1/4V(2) so therefore m2=4m(1)

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