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| Jun11-07, 09:24 PM | #1 |
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Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data
Which of the following statements are true about elastic and inelastic collisions? True False for elastic collisions, linear momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not True False for inelastic collisions, neither linear momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved True False for inelastic collisions, both linear momentum and kinetic energy are conserved True False for elastic collisions, linear momentum is not conserved but kinetic energy is True False for elastic collisions, both linear momentum and kinetic energy are conserved True False for inelastic collisions, linear momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not 3. The attempt at a solution Answers are in bold, basically this seems really simple i just cant figure out what im doing wrong. Im applying each one as if it were a car accident and thats what i got. Unfortunately the program doesnt tell me which ones are wrong, only that the answer is wrong, can anyone help me out? Thanks. |
| Jun11-07, 10:47 PM | #2 |
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In short: in ALL collisions the momentum is conserved. In eleastic collisions the kinetic energy is also conserved whereas in inelastic collisions the KE is not conserved (but the momentum is still conserved) |
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