A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a frictionless surface. In this process which one of the following is correct?

Only momentum is conserved

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Only kinetic energy is conserved

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Neither momentum nor kinetic energy is conserved

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Both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved

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The correct option is D Only momentum is conserved
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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A bullet hits and gets embedded in a solid block resting on a frictionless surface. In this process which one of the following is correct?

The correct option is D Only momentum is conservedThis is a case of a perfectly inelastic collision in which linear momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved.

The correct option is D Only momentum is conserved
This is a case of a perfectly inelastic collision in which linear momentum is conserved but kinetic energy is not conserved.