Inelastic Collision

Inelastic Collisions

• When you deform a paper, the shape changes as the energy is dissipated into heat.
• Rocks don’t break, very little energy is lost from the collision. Hard objects hitting each other should not deform. You’re also not losing kinetic energy

Energy Lost After Collision

$△E_k=(\frac{1}{2})(m_1)(v_1^2)(1-\frac{m_1}{m_1+m_2})$