Given the ideas presented here about how galaxies form, would you expect to find a giant elliptical galaxy in the local group? why or why not? is there in fact a giant elliptical in the local group?

The man of mass m1 and the woman of mass m2 are standing on opposite ends of the platform of mass m0 which moves with negligible friction and is initially at rest with s = 0. the man and woman begin to approach each other. derive an expression for the displacement s of the platform when the two meet in terms of the displacement x1 of the man relative to the platform.