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Percentage loss of kinetic energy, or new speed after a loss

This type of question, asked 2 times: 2021 Paper 7, 6 Apr 2024. All 2 questions below, oldest first.

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  1. Question 1

    2021 Paper 7

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    A boy is rolling a 0.5 kg0.5\text{ }kg ball on the frictionless floor with a speed of 20 ms−120\text{ }ms^{-1}. The ball gets deflected by an obstacle on the way. After deflection it moves with 5%5\% of its initial kinetic energy. What is the speed of the ball now?

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  2. Question 2

    6 Apr 2024

    2
    A bullet of mass 50 g50\text{ }g is fired with a speed 100 m/s100\text{ }m/s on a plywood and emerges with 40 m/s40\text{ }m/s. The percentage loss of kinetic energy is:

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