A Small Car Meshes with a Large Truck in a Head-On

question 52

Multiple Choice

A small car meshes with a large truck in a head-on collision.Which of the following statements concerning the momentum during the collision are correct? (There could be more than one correct choice. )

• A)The momentum of the truck is conserved.
• B)The momentum of the car is conserved.
• C)The car and the truck must undergo the same change in speed.
• D)The momentum of the car and the momentum of the truck are each conserved.
• E)The momentum of the car-truck system is conserved,but the momentum of each one separately is not conserved.

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