A skater is using very low-friction rollerblades. A friend throws a Frisbee at her, on the straight line along which she is coasting. Describe the following event as an elastic, an inelastic, or a perfectly inelastic collision between the skater and the Frisbee. She tries to catch the Frisbee, but it bounces off her hands and falls to the ground in front of her

1.elastic
2.inelastic
3.perfectly inelastic


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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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