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A soccer ball is traveling downfield with a force of 1.2 kN and strikes another soccer ball that is stationary. Which of the following describes the result of the collision?(1 point)
Responses
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving upfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving upfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
Neither ball will move after impact.
Neither ball will move after impact.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will accelerate.
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The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
(The moving ball transfers momentum to the stationary ball during the collision, so the struck ball moves in the original direction and the striking ball loses some forward momentum.)
(The moving ball transfers momentum to the stationary ball during the collision, so the struck ball moves in the original direction and the striking ball loses some forward momentum.)
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