Two football players collided on the field, and both went flying backwards. Energy was transferred from...

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Two football players collided on the field, and both went flyingbackwards. Energy was transferred from each player to the other,sending them in the opposite direction from which they had beenrunning.
tell whether elastic or inelastic?
explain how energy was conserved/not conserved
describe all forms of energy incolved and how energy wastransferred between them
describe the work done on the sytem, including its sign andsource

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this collision will be inelastic collision but not perfectly for elastic collision there should no any co lateral damage no loss of potential energy in the body but when two manplayers collide some of the colateral damage must be occure in their bodies some of the potential energy See Answer

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