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Q8 (d)   If the potential energy of two billiard balls depends only on the separation distance between their centres, is the collision elastic or inelastic? (Note, we are talking here of potential energy corresponding to the force during collision, not gravitational
potential energy).

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Since the potential energy of the system depends upon the separation between the bodies thus the forces acting on the body are conservative in nature. We know that conservative forces produce elastic collisions.

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