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

Linear momentum and its conservation — practice question

A slow-moving vehicle and a fast-moving vehicle head straight towards one another and then collide. Which result can never happen, no matter what the masses of the vehicles are?

  • ABoth vehicles stop.
  • BOnly one vehicle stops.
  • CThe fast vehicle’s speed increases.
  • DThe slow vehicle’s speed increases.

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