When a Particle Suffers a Head-On Elastic Collision with Another

question 44

Multiple Choice

When a particle suffers a head-on elastic collision with another particle, initially at rest, the greatest fraction of kinetic energy is transferred if:

• A)the incident particle is initially traveling very fast
• B)the incident particle is traveling very slowly
• C)the incident particle is much more massive than the target particle
• D)the incident particle is much less massive than the target particle
• E)the incident and target particle have the same mass

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