College Physics
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Author: ETKINA, Eugenia, Planinšič, G. (gorazd), Van Heuvelen, Alan
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Chapter 16, Problem 2MCQ
In physics the collision of billiard balls is usually considered to be elastic. What observable reason could you have for not choosing the collision of billiard balls as an example of a reversible process?
a. You hear sound produced by the collision.
b. There is change in the internal energy of the billiard balls.
c. All macroscopic processes are irreversible.
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