Describe two elastic collisions and two inelastic collisions that happen in real life. In each inelastic collision explain where did the lost energy go, in each elastic collision explain what energy is conserved.

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In an INELASTIC collision between two objects

A) the momentum of each object is conserved.
B) the kinetic energy of each object is conserved.
C) the momentum of the system is conserved but the kinetic energy of the system is not conserved.
D) both the momentum and the kinetic energy of the system are conserved.
E) the kinetic energy of the system is conserved, but the momentum of the system is not conserved.

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Let two objects of equal mass collide. Object 1 has initialvelocity , directed to the right, and object 2 is initiallystationary.
1. If the collision is perfectly elastic, what are the finalvelocities and of objects 1 and 2?
2. Now suppose that the collision is perfectly inelastic. What arethe velocities and of the two objects after the collision?
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Now assume that the mass of object 1 is , while the mass of object2 remains . If the collision is elastic, what are the finalvelocities and of objects 1 and 2?
4. Let the mass of object 1 be and the mass of object 2 be . If thecollision is perfectly inelastic, what are the velocities of thetwo objects after the collision?

In a perfectly ELASTIC collision between two perfectly rigid objects

A) both the momentum and the kinetic energy of the system are conserved.

B) the momentum of each object is conserved.

C) momentum of the system is conserved but the kinetic energy is not conserved.

D) the kinetic energy of the system is notconserved.

E) the kinetic energy of the system is conserved but the momentum of the system is not conserved.