Which of the following statements is correct?

Question

Which of the following statements is correct? (A) In an elastic collision, linear momentum is not conserved (B) In an inelastic collision, linear momentum is not conserved (C) In an elastic collision, kinetic energy is conserved (D) In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is conserved

Tardigrade Admin · Accepted Answer

In an elastic collision, linear momentum and kinetic energy both are conserved. But in an inelastic collision, linear momentum is conserved but not kinetic energy.

Q. Which of the following statements is correct?

In an elastic collision, linear momentum is not conserved

In an inelastic collision, linear momentum is not conserved

In an elastic collision, kinetic energy is conserved

In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is conserved

In an elastic collision, linear momentum and kinetic energy both are conserved. But in an inelastic collision, linear momentum is conserved but not kinetic energy.