Perfectly Inelastic Collisions:


Frame of Reference:
A frame moving with the initial velocity of the second body. This frame reduces the complexity of the problem but not its generality since any problem could be transformed into this frame.
Final Kinetic Energy:
Energy Lost: (Maximum)
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mA = mB
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mA << mB
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mA >> mB
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