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A)Describe what you think will happen if two cars of equal masscollide with each other but do not stick together. What roles dotheir respective speeds play in your response? Does it matter whattheir speeds are? (Be specific)
B) how can you tell whether a collision is elastic orinelastic? What criteria do you use?

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The conservation of the total momentum demands that the totalmomentum before the collision is the same as the total momentumafter the collision and is expressed by the equationLikewise the conservation of the total kinetic energy isexpressed by the equationThese equations may be solved directly to findvi when ui are    See Answer
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