Show that the amount of kinetic energy always decreases in perfectly inelastic collision in one dimension.

what are the characteristic of an elastic collision?

A mass m moving with a speed u collides on a similar stationary mass and sticks to it. What is the velocity after collision?

When is a collision said to be a perfectly inelastic? A mass is moving with speed v collides inelastically with another identical mass at rest. After collision, the first mass moves with velocity frac(nu)(sqrt 3) in a direction perpendicular to the initial direction of motion. Find the speed of the second mass after collision.

Distinguish between elastic and inelastic collisions.

A mass m collides with another mass 2m and sticks to it. What is the nature of the collision?

Show that in one dimensional elastic collision of two particales of equal mass,the partical exchange velocities after collisions.

Which of the following potential energy curves in Fig. 6.18 cannot possibly describe the elastic collision of two billiard balls? Here r is the distance between centres of the balls.

If one of the two colliding particles is initially at rest, is it possible for both of the particles to be a rest after collision?

Two identical ball bearings in contact with each other and resting on a frictionless table are hit head-on by another ball bearing of the same mass moving initially with a speed VL If the collision is elastic, which of the following figure is a possible result after collision?