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For an inelastic collision between two objects which one among the following statements is correct ........

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For an inelastic collision between two objects, which one among the following statements is correct?

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The kinetic energy remains conserved, but not the momentum.

The momentum remains conserved, but not the kinetic energy.

Both the kinetic energy and the momentum remain conserved.

Neither the kinetic energy nor the momentum remains conserved.

- Option 1: The kinetic energy remains conserved, but not the momentum.

- In an inelastic collision, kinetic energy is not conserved, making this statement incorrect.

- Option 2: The momentum remains conserved, but not the kinetic energy.

- This is the correct statement. In inelastic collisions, momentum is conserved, but kinetic energy is not.

- Option 3: Both the kinetic energy and the momentum remain conserved.

- This is characteristic of elastic collisions, not inelastic ones, so this is incorrect.

- Option 4: Neither the kinetic energy nor the momentum remains conserved.

- Momentum is always conserved in a collision, so this is incorrect.

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