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naturalchemist · **on:** Jul 28, 2018

In a completely inelastic collision between two objects where the mass of one is double that of the other, which of the following statements is always true?
a. The larger mass will always lose kinetic energy.
b. The smaller mass will always gain kinetic energy.
c. The momentum of the smaller mass will have a larger magnitude change than that of the larger mass.
d. Not even one of the above statements is true.

Question 2

A proton consists of 3 quarks, two with charge +2e/3 and one with charge e/3 . Of the following, which is closest to the approximate potential energy of the arrangement of the two positive quarks if they are separated by 1015 m?
a. 1 MeV
c. 1012 MeV
b. 1019 MeV
d. 100 MeV