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How do you know if a product is elastic or inelastic?

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Answer:

If the kinetic energy is the same, then the collision is elastic.

Step-by-step explanation:

If objects stick together, then a collision is perfectly inelastic. When objects don't stick together, we can figure out the type of collision by finding the initial kinetic energy and comparing it with the final kinetic energy

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Answer: you can tell if it stretches or not

Step-by-step explanation:

elastic stretches and resumes its regular shape

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