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 catches the Frisbee and holds it

1.elastic
2.inelastic
3.perfectly inelastic


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