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If the potential energy of two billiard balls depends only on the separation distance between their centres , is the collision elastic or inelastic ? ( Note , we are talking here of potential energy corresponding to the force during collision , not gravitational potential energy ).

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It is a case of elastic collision because in this case the force will be of conservative nature.
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