For a System Consisting of Two Particles That Undergo an Elastic

question 38

Multiple Choice

For a system consisting of two particles that undergo an elastic collision,

• A)momentum is conserved but the total energy is not conserved.
• B)neither the kinetic energy nor the momentum is conserved.
• C)neither the total energy nor the momentum is necessarily conserved.
• D)the mechanical energy is conserved but momentum is not conserved.
• E)both kinetic energy and momentum are conserved.

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