A 16 pound bowling ball strikes a 3.5 pound bowling pin. The pin is moving very fast after the collision. It has a large increase in velocity as a large amount of kinetic energy is transferred to it. Where does the energy come from?
The energy comes from the initial kinetic energy of the bowling ball. When the bowling ball strikes the bowling pin, some of its kinetic energy is transferred to the pin, causing it to move with a higher velocity. This transfer of energy is due to the principle of conservation of energy, which states that energy cannot be created or destroyed, but only transferred or converted from one form to another. In this case, the kinetic energy of the bowling ball is transferred to the bowling pin, resulting in its increased velocity.
