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yanelly11
Jan 9, 2012, 06:24 PM
A clay ball with a mass of 0.35 kg has an initial speed of 4.2m/s. It strikes a 3.5kg clay ball at rest, and the two balls stick together and remain stationary. What is the decrease in kinetic energy of the 0.35 kg ball?

ebaines
Jan 10, 2012, 07:31 AM
Kinetic energy is 1/2mv^2. If the 0.35Kg ball becomes stationary then its velocity is 0, hence it's KE is 0. Can you take it from here?