A hockey puck slides on the ice with an initial velocity of vi1 = 5 m/s...

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A hockey puck slides on the ice with an initial velocity of vi1= 5 m/s in the positive x direction. A second hockey puck issliding to the left with an initial velocity of vi2 = 3 m/s. Thetwo pucks collide and after the collision puck 1 has a finalvelocity of vf1 = 3 m/s in the positive x direction at an angle of30 degrees above the positive x axis. Is the collision elastic orinelastic?

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Given The initial velocity of 1st hockey puck vi1 5ms final velocity after collision be vf1 3ms in the positive xdirection at an angle of 30 degrees above the positive xaxis The initial velocity of a 2nd hockey puckvi2 3ms Let    See Answer
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