Asked by Jodine
How do you figure out if a collision is elastics or inelastic, when it is dropped and then bounces?
Do you figure out the velocity and then put that in the Ek formula?
Do you figure out the velocity and then put that in the Ek formula?
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Answered by
bobpursley
Elastic: Energy is conserved, that is, final KE is the same as the KE before the collision.
Momentum is always conserved.
Inelastic: KE is not conserved.
Momentum is always conserved.
Inelastic: KE is not conserved.
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