A 0.32 kg ball is moving horizontally 30. m/s just before bouncing off a wall, thereafter moving 25. m/s in the opposite direction

(a) What is the magnitude of its change in momentum?
(b) What percentage of the kinetic energy was lost in the collision?


(a) 18. N-s
(b) 31.% lost

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