Apiece of taffy slams into and sticks to another identical piece of taffy that is at rest. the momentum of the two pieces stuck together after the collision is the same as it was before the collision, but this is not true of the kinetic energy, which is partly turned into heat. what percentage of the kinetic energy is turned into heat

0.5

Explanation:

Given

Piece of taffy slams in to sticks to another identical  piece and stuck into it.

Let m be the mass of taffy and u be the initial velocity of taffy and v be the final velocity of system.

Conserving momentum

Initial kinetic energy

Final Kinetic Energy

change in kinetic energy

change in kinetic energy will contribute in heat energy

thus fraction of kinetic energy converted in to heat

54 degrees incident angle = reflected angle

angle is from normal turned to line of ray

distance = 150m

displ = root (50 ^2 + 100^2)

root(2500+10000)

root 125000