From a chapter on Linear Momentum and Collisions in a Physics textbook. This section of the chapter explains what happens during a one-dimensional elastic collision, what internal kinetic energy is and how it can be expressed, and how to find the end velocities in an elastic collision. Includes questions, problems and exercises, as well as a downloadable interactive on collisions.

Concepts

collisions

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Additional Tags

internal kinetic energy, openstax: elastic collisions in one dimension

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)