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A 20.0kg red curling rock travelling at 0.578m/s (W) strikes a stationary 20.0kg yellow curling rock head on. The collision takes 4.35x10^-2s. Immediately after the collision, the yellow rock moves off at 0.562m/s (w).
Using the info, which is true?
A) The collision is inelastic with about 5% of the total kinetic energy lost
B) The collision is inelastic with about 3% of the total kinetic energy lost.
C) The collision is inelastic with about 97% of the total kinetic energy lost.
D) The collision is elastic.