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[From: ] [author: ] [Date: 11-11-05] [Hit: ]
How do I do this?-Only A has kinetic energy before the collision.......
On a frictionless, horizontal air table, puck A (with mass 0.245 kg ) is moving toward puck B (with mass 0.360 kg ), that is initially at rest. After the collision, puck A has a velocity of 0.122 m/s to the left, and puck B has velocity 0.660 m/s to the right.
I figured out the speed of Puck A before the collision to be .848 m/s
Now, I'm supposed to find the change in the total kinetic energy of the system that occurs during the collision.
How do I do this?

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Only A has kinetic energy before the collision.

After the collision both a and B have kinetic energy so the change is Kinetic energy A before impact - (Kineitc energy of A after the impact plus kinetic energy of B after the impact)
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