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Which of the following potential energy curves in Figure cannot possibly describe the elastic collision of two billiard balls? Here r is the distance between the centres of balls.

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The potential energy of a system of two masses varies inversely as the distance (r) between them i.e.

V(r) < \(\frac{1}{r} \) When the two balls touch each other, PE becomes zero i.e. at r – R + R = 2R , v (r) = 0. Out of the given graphs only the curve (V) satisfies these two conditions.



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