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Ball dropped and rebounding: rebound height or percentage energy lost

This type of question, asked 3 times: 31 Jan 2023, 6 Apr 2023, 4 Apr 2024. All 3 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    31 Jan 2023

    116
    A ball is dropped from a height of 20 m20\text{ }m. If the coefficient of restitution for the collision between ball and floor is 0.5 , after hitting the floor, the ball rebounds to a height of___ mm
  2. Question 2

    6 Apr 2023

    118
    A body is dropped on ground from a height ' h1h_{1} ' and after hitting the ground, it rebounds to a height ' h2h_{2} ' If the ratio of velocities of the body just before and after hitting ground is 4 , then percentage loss in kinetic energy of the body is x4\frac{x}{4}. The value of xx is___
  3. Question 3

    4 Apr 2024

    12
    If a rubber ball falls from a height hh and rebounds upto the height of h/2h/2. The percentage loss of total energy of the initial system as well as velocity ball before it strikes the ground, respectively, are :

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