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Kid 1 jumps on a sled and collides with kid 2 sled
which was at rest. The collision was linear, with kid
1's sled front hitting the other sled's rear, and since
it was completely inelastic, the sleds remained
together and moved off with a common velocity. If
the combined mass of kid 1 and their sled is one half
that of kid 2 and their sled, find the fraction of the
original kinetic energy which was dissipated in the
collision.
Transcribed Image Text:Kid 1 jumps on a sled and collides with kid 2 sled which was at rest. The collision was linear, with kid 1's sled front hitting the other sled's rear, and since it was completely inelastic, the sleds remained together and moved off with a common velocity. If the combined mass of kid 1 and their sled is one half that of kid 2 and their sled, find the fraction of the original kinetic energy which was dissipated in the collision.
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