Defiance Drake, having narrowly made the turn in the corridor, takes a second to

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Defiance Drake, having narrowly made the turn in the corridor, takes a second to draw her pistol as she continues drifting down the corridor. The Cubarb parasite takes longer to negotiate the corner, but is again in pursuit. That additional time gives Defiance the opportunity to aim and fire a bullet which embeds itself fully into the parasite, killing the creature. Is this collision inelastic or elastic? Does Defiance's speed down the corridor increase, decrease or remain the same and why? Defiance Drake, having narrowly made the turn in the corridor, takes a second to draw her pistol as she continues drifting down the corridor. The Cubarb parasite takes longer to negotiate the corner, but is again in pursuit. That additional time gives Defiance the opportunity to aim and fire a bullet which embeds itself fully into the parasite, killing the creature. Is this collision inelastic or elastic? Does Defiance's speed down the corridor increase, decrease or remain the same and why? Defiance Drake, having narrowly made the turn in the corridor, takes a second to draw her pistol as she continues drifting down the corridor. The Cubarb parasite takes longer to negotiate the corner, but is again in pursuit. That additional time gives Defiance the opportunity to aim and fire a bullet which embeds itself fully into the parasite, killing the creature. Is this collision inelastic or elastic? Does Defiance's speed down the corridor increase, decrease or remain the same and why?

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The answers to the questions are :

The collision is inelastic collision since the bullet embeds in the parasite. In an elastic collision the 2 colliding objects ounce away which is not happening in this case.

Defiance's speed must have remain the same, since drake was drifting down the corridor and the parasite got slower on the turn and drake bought some time to take out the weapon.

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