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[SOLVED] About perfectly inelastic collision
I have one problem about prefectly inelastic condition. When I read the reference book, it mentioned that when one object moving with an initial speed u1, and another object is in rest, after collision, if both object moved together as one object with a final speed v, this is perfectly inelastic condition.
My question is, what is the reason this cannot be an elastic collision? ie the total kinetic energy of system before =the total kinetic energy of the system after?
I have one problem about prefectly inelastic condition. When I read the reference book, it mentioned that when one object moving with an initial speed u1, and another object is in rest, after collision, if both object moved together as one object with a final speed v, this is perfectly inelastic condition.
My question is, what is the reason this cannot be an elastic collision? ie the total kinetic energy of system before =the total kinetic energy of the system after?