Question

Multiple choice homework A 70kg boy is standing at rest on a ice skating rink (assume it’s a frictionless surface) gets hit in the face by a huge 3.5 kg snowball moving 15 m/s. The snowball sticks to his face. What Type of collision is this?A. Sticky B. elastic c. Inelastic D. Inertial

Answer 1

Given that the snowball sticks the boy after collision .

Thus, this is an inelastic collision.