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Determining the elasticity of a collision

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A steel ball is dropped from a height of 2.37 meters onto a flat stone slab. On rebounding, the sped of the ball is 3.94 m/s when it is 1.52 meters above the stone slab. Is the collision elastic?

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The posting determines whether a collision between a steel ball and a flat stone slab was elastic or not.

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