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

Linear momentum and its conservation — practice question

With reference to perfectly elastic collisions between two bodies, which statement is correct?

  • ANeither total momentum nor total kinetic energy need be conserved but total energy must be conserved.
  • BTotal momentum and total energy are conserved but total kinetic energy may be changed into some other form of energy.
  • CTotal kinetic energy and total energy are both conserved but total momentum is conserved only if the two bodies have equal masses.
  • DTotal momentum, total kinetic energy and total energy are all conserved.

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