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AP EAMCET · PHYSICS · Center of Mass Momentum and Collision

In perfectly inelastic collisions, the relative velocity of the bodies

  1. A before impact is zero
  2. B before impact is equal to that after impact
  3. C after impact is zero
  4. D is characterised by none of the above
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(C) after impact is zero

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We know that, in perfectly inelastic collisions between two bodies, both bodies move together with same velocity after impact. \(\therefore\) Relative velocity after impact, \(\mathbf{v}_{\text {Rel }}=\mathbf{v}_1-\mathbf{v}_2=\mathbf{v}-\mathbf{v}=0\)