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COE in Elastic Collision

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In collision, total energy is conserved only

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if it is perfectly elastic.

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if it is perfectly inelastic.

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if it is either perfectly elastic or perfectly inelastic.

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None of these.

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Solution

The correct option is A if it is perfectly elastic.
If a collision is a perfectly elastic, total enegy of the system is conserved.

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