Question

What is the best description of one billiard ball hitting a second billiard ball?(1 point)
Responses

Kinetic energy in the second ball is transferred to the first ball.
Kinetic energy in the second ball is transferred to the first ball.

All of the kinetic energy in the first ball is transferred to the second ball.
All of the kinetic energy in the first ball is transferred to the second ball.

Most of the kinetic energy in the first ball is transferred to the second ball.
Most of the kinetic energy in the first ball is transferred to the second ball.

Potential energy is transferred from the first ball to the second ball.
Potential energy is transferred from the first ball to the second ball.

Answers

GPT-4o mini
The best description of one billiard ball hitting a second billiard ball is:

**Most of the kinetic energy in the first ball is transferred to the second ball.**

This is because during a collision, the kinetic energy is generally not completely transferred from one ball to the other; some energy is often lost to sound, heat, and other factors. However, in an ideal elastic collision (which is a good approximation in billiards), most of the kinetic energy in the moving ball is transferred to the stationary ball.