A sphere of mass 25 Kg is moving at a speed of 1.5 m/s undergoes collision with another sphere of mass 50 Kg moving at 3m/s in the same direction, find the loss of kinetic energy when the collision is inelastic with e = 0.6.
(a) 18.75 N-m
(b) 12.00 N-m
(c) 13.75 N-m
(d) 12.75 N-m
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This intriguing question originated from Loss of Kinetic Energy During Elastic Impact topic in chapter Kinematics & Kinetics of Motion of Machine Kinematics