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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)
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 downfield and the ball that struck it will accelerate.
Neither ball will move after impact.
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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 in the collision so the struck ball moves in the same direction as the incoming ball while the striking ball loses momentum (slows; for equal masses in an elastic collision it can stop and transfer its speed to the second ball).
Reason: momentum is transferred in the collision so the struck ball moves in the same direction as the incoming ball while the striking ball loses momentum (slows; for equal masses in an elastic collision it can stop and transfer its speed to the second ball).
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