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luckiegirl28
luckiegirl28 luckiegirl28
  • 03-03-2015
  • Physics
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What characterizes an elastic collision, but not an inelastic collision, in a closed system?

AMomentum is conserved
BTotal energy is conserved
CKinetic energy is conserved
DNo external net force acts

I think it is B.

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lrathburn
lrathburn lrathburn
  • 16-03-2015

You were close, however the answer is C. Kinetic energy is conserved. In elastic collisions, kinetic energy and momentum are conserved. In an inelastic, momentum and total energy is conserved. 

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