5.11.1 - Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
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Define momentum.
💡 Hint: Think about how fast and heavy something is.
What type of collision conserves kinetic energy?
💡 Hint: Remember the balls that bounce perfectly.
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In an elastic collision, what is conserved?
💡 Hint: Think of the ball that doesn't lose energy.
True or False: Inelastic collisions involve kinetic energy loss.
💡 Hint: Remember what happens during a car crash.
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A 5 kg ball moving at 10 m/s collides elastically with a 3 kg ball at rest. What is their final velocity after the collision?
💡 Hint: Set up two equations: one for momentum and one for kinetic energy.
In a perfectly inelastic collision, a 2 kg object moving at 12 m/s collides with a 3 kg object at rest. What is their joint velocity after collision?
💡 Hint: Use the formula for conservation of momentum.
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