A rubber ball hits a stationary door and bounces back, while a another ball sticks. Why doesn't the rubber ball violate conservation of energy?
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Collisions between an object and a wall
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Elastic collision between two circles
43853
What causes damage, kinetic energy or momentum?
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Is momentum conserved in this situation?
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Why do objects move when you apply a force that's equal in magnitude to the friction?
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Energy conservation and interference
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Why does a force not do any work if it's perpendicular to the motion?
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Why two objects get charged by rubbing?
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Does it take energy to move something in a circle?
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2 balls falling hit the ground at the same time
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What keeps mass from turning into energy?
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Frictional forces opposing motion
31033
Is momentum conserved in the collision of a ball with a hanging rod?
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Number of times the ball bounces back when dropped from a building of height h
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How much work can a force on a spring do? (Why are two methods wrong?)
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if a body is stopped by means other than friction, where does energy go?
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Physics of simple collisions