AP Physics 1· difficulty 2/5
In a perfectly inelastic collision, total mechanical energy
Increases
Is conserved
Decreases
Is exactly halved
Explanation
KE always <strong>decreases</strong> in any non-elastic collision (some becomes thermal/deformation energy). Momentum is conserved.
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