Perfectly Inelastic Collision
You will be presented with two Vernier Dynamics cars, Car 1 is at rest and Cart 2 will be moving to the right. The carts will have a perfectly inelastic interaction. Your job is to predict the amount of KE lost in the collision

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Perfectly Inelastic Collision
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You need to find the amount of KE lost in the collision that will occur when the two carts shown below interact in a perfectly inelastic manner. The mass of the carts themselves, without the masses on top of them, is 500 grams
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