Work, Energy and Power

Collisions – Elastic Collision in One Dimension

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  • fraction of energy lost in an elastic collision

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  1. Body A of mass $4m$ moving with speed $u$ collides with another body B of mass $2m$, at rest. The collision is head on and elastic in nature. After the collision the fraction of energy lost by the colliding body A is: