AP Physics 1
4.4 Elastic and Inelastic Collisions
4.2 Change in Momentum and Impulse
3.4 Conservation of Energy
Multi-Unit

Trial X: The collision is perfectly elastic.
Trial Y: The collision is partially inelastic (the projectile separates from the block with lower relative speed).
Trial Z: The collision is completely inelastic (the projectile embeds in the block).
After each collision, the block (or combined block-projectile system in Trial Z) slides up the ramp to a maximum vertical height \(h\) before momentarily coming to rest. Which of the following correctly ranks the maximum vertical heights \(h_X\), \(h_Y\), and \(h_Z\) reached in the three trials?
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