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Johann squeezes a bagel too hard at the supermarket, and it does not return to its original shape when he removes his hand. The bagel has been __________ deformed. What word completes the sentence to show that the bagel has been permanently changed?

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Answer:

The bagel has been inelastically deformed

Step-by-step explanation:

In physics, elasticity is the term used to describe a material's ability to go back to its previous size and shape upon the removal of the forces that causes it to deform

An elastic material is one that has its size and shape restored after the removal of an applied force while an inelastic material is one that remains permanently deformed and does not return to its original shape and dimensions after the removal of the applied force.

Inelastically is an adverb used to describe a verb

Therefore, we have;

Johann squeezes a bagel too hard at the supermarket, and it does not return to its original shape when he removes his hand. The bagel has been inelastically deformed.

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