Physics 9702 · AS & A Level · Linear momentum and its conservation

Linear momentum and its conservation — practice question

A nucleus strikes a nucleus that is at rest in a vacuum. The diagrams display the nuclei’s trajectories before the collision and after it. There are no other particles taking part in the collision. Which diagram cannot occur?

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