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A system that has zero momentum must also have zero kinetic energy.Select one:TrueFalse
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A system that has zero momentum must also have zero kinetic energy.Select one:TrueFalse

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The statement is False.

to understand this we need to rememeber that the momentum is a vector quantity while the kinetic energy is a scalar quantity, then while the momentum of a system can cancel out the kinetic energy does not necessarily cancel out,

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