What is elastic collision?

An elastic collision is a type of collision between two objects in which both kinetic energy and momentum are conserved. In an elastic collision, the total kinetic energy of the system before the collision is equal to the total kinetic energy of the system after the collision. This means that the objects do not stick together or deform during the collision, and they bounce off each other with no loss of kinetic energy. Elastic collisions are common in physics and are an important concept for understanding the behavior of particles in motion.

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