Momentum & Collision Calculator
Solves a head-on collision between two bodies, conserving momentum, for either a perfectly elastic or a perfectly inelastic (stick-together) outcome, and shows the kinetic energy lost.
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Notes
- Momentum is conserved in every collision; kinetic energy is conserved only in a perfectly elastic one.
- A perfectly inelastic collision loses the most kinetic energy the conservation of momentum allows.
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