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Imagine two very elastic objects colliding. As they deform and then return to their previous shapes.
We know that, an elastic collision is one in which the total kinetic energy of a system after the collision is equal to the total kinetic energy before the collision.
Generally, an elastic collision says that "a collision in which the total momentum & the total kinetic energy are conserved ; two objects collide & return to their original shapes with no loss of total kinetic energy. After the collision, the two objects move separately.
In elastic collision, two objects collide and return to their original shapes with no change in total kinetic energy.
(a) What types of energy are changing?
Some of the kinetic energy is converted into sound energy & internal energy as the objects deform during the collision
(a) What types of energy are staying constant?
Both kinetic energy and momentum are conserved.