Easy MCQ +4 / -1

In a perfectly inelastic collision, which quantity is conserved?

  1. A kinetic energy
  2. B momentum Correct answer
  3. C both KE and momentum
  4. D neither

Solution

Only momentum is conserved; KE is lost to heat/deformation.

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Subject: Physics · Chapter: Work, Energy and Power · Topic: Collisions

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