If you have an object hitting a stationary object of equal mass in an inelastic
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Question
If you have an object hitting a stationary object of equal mass in an inelastic collision, what will happen?
The objects will collide and move forward in the direction that the first object was moving in.
The objects will collide and all momentum will transfer from the first object to the second object.
The objects will collide and stay stationary.
The objects will collide and bounce back.
a.The objects will collide and move forward in the direction that the first object was moving in.
b.The objects will collide and all momentum will transfer from the first object to the second object.
c.The objects will collide and stay stationary.
d.The objects will collide and bounce back.
Explanation / Answer
In an inelastic collision, the object sticks and move together after the collision therefore in our case
(a) The objects collide and move forward in the direction that the first object was moving in.
(b) All the momentum will get transferred since the law of conservation of momentum holds.
will happen.
(c) and (d) do not happen that is clear from the problem.
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