is: the energy that a body has by virtue of the motion of its centre of mass. [P2.4]
is given: by
or equivalently by
where the mass of the body is
and its speed is
[P2.5]
is: for a collection of bodies (or particles), the sum of the individual translational kinetic energies. [P2.4]
is conserved: in elastic collisions. [P2.4]
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