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NEET Questions / Physics / Work, Energy, and Power / Inelastic Collision
Two identical balls of mass 'm' are moving with velocities 'v' and '2v' along the same line and undergo a perfectly inelastic collision. The fraction of the initial kinetic energy transformed into heat is:
1/10
1/5
1/2
9/10
A bullet of mass 'm' moving with velocity 'v' strikes a stationary block of mass 'M' suspended by a string and gets embedded in it. If the combined system rises to a height 'h', the coefficient of restitution (e) is:
0
\sqrt{\frac{2gh}{v}}
\frac{M}{m+M}\sqrt{\frac{2gh}{v}}
\frac{m}{m+M}\sqrt{\frac{2gh}{v}}
Two particles of masses 'm' and '2m' moving in opposite directions collide head-on elastically with velocities 'v' and 'v/2' respectively. The velocity of the particle of mass 'm' after the collision is:
v/2
-v
2v
-v/2
In an inelastic collision, which of the following is always conserved?
Kinetic Energy
Momentum
Both Kinetic Energy and Momentum
Neither Kinetic Energy nor Momentum
A ball of clay hits a stationary wall and sticks to it. Which of the following statements is TRUE about this collision?
It is a perfectly elastic collision.
Kinetic energy is conserved.
It is a perfectly inelastic collision.
Momentum is not conserved.
In an inelastic collision between two objects, the final kinetic energy is _________ the initial kinetic energy.
greater than
equal to
less than
sometimes greater than, sometimes less than