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In all collisions, both elastic and inelastic, which quantity must be conserved? momentum velocity kinetic energy mechanical energy
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In all collisions, both elastic and inelastic, which quantity must be conserved?

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kinetic energy
mechanical energy

In all collisions, both elastic and inelastic, which quantity must be conserved? momentum-example-1
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Momentum is conserved.

All of the others are not conserved because of heat loss caused by deformation, etc.

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