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Homework Statement What are elastic and inelastic collisions? What is an explosion?Homework Equations N/AThe Attempt at a Solution In elastic collisions, the colliding objects bounce off of each other to some degree, and kinetic energy is conserved. Inelastic collisions involve the...

Haha. :biggrin: Thanks for the help, Chi. :) I'm only allowed to paint one half black, and one half has to be white. It's a strange question. I appreciate the second opinion. :)

I changed my mind. Since Queec is way north of the equator, the southern half of the house should be painted black. It will receive maximum sun exposure all day as opposed to only half the day (east/west), whereas the northern half should be painted white because it will reciev eminimal sun...

Homework Statement Alice lives in the Quebec. She wishes to build a new home and paint one-half of the outside black and the other half white. She can either split the house east-west or north-south. State which half she should paint white and which half she should paint black in order to...