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A body is dropped from height 8m. After striking the surface it rises to 6m, the fractional loss in kinetic energy during impact, is (Assuming the frictional resistance to be negligible)

A

`(1)/(2)`

B

`(1)/(4)`

C

`(1)/(5)`

D

`(1)/(7)`

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