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Laws of Motion — Physics STD 11 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 11 SciencePhysicsLaws of Motion1 Mark
MCQ
A bullet hits and gets embedded in solid block resting on a frictionless surface. In this process which one of the following is correct?
  • ✓
    Only momentum is conserved
  • B
    Only kinetic energy is conserved.
  • C
    Neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved.
  • D
    Both momentum and kinetic energy is conserved.
✓

Answer

Correct option: A.
Only momentum is conserved
(A)
This is a case of a perfectly inelastic collision in which linear momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved.

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