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A-LevelPhysicsDynamicsMay/June 2017Paper 1 Q141 Mark

Which quantities are conserved in an inelastic collision? [Table with columns: kinetic energy, total energy, linear momentum. Rows for A, B, C, D show conserved/not conserved status.]

Akinetic energy: conserved, total energy: not conserved, linear momentum: conserved
Bkinetic energy: conserved, total energy: not conserved, linear momentum: not conserved
Ckinetic energy: not conserved, total energy: conserved, linear momentum: conserved
Dkinetic energy: not conserved, total energy: conserved, linear momentum: not conserved

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This multiple-choice question appeared in the Cambridge A-Level Physics (9702) May/June 2017 examination, Paper 1 Variant 2. It tests the topic of Dynamics and is worth 1 mark.

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