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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)
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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.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will accelerate.
The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will accelerate.
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 slow down.
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The stationary soccer ball will begin moving downfield and the ball that struck it will slow down.
Reason: momentum is transferred from the moving ball to the stationary one, so the struck ball moves in the same (downfield) direction and the striking ball loses some momentum (slows).
Reason: momentum is transferred from the moving ball to the stationary one, so the struck ball moves in the same (downfield) direction and the striking ball loses some momentum (slows).
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