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What is perfectly inelastic collision? What is the coefficient of restitution for perfectly inelastic collision? Give one example.

Solution

The collision is said to be a perfectly inelastic collision if the colliding bodies stick together after the collision.
Coefficient of restitution for inelastic collision is zero.
Example: A bullet is fired into the wooden block and remains embedded inside the block.