In an elastic collision:

  1. both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved
  2. neither is conserved
  3. only momentum is conserved
  4. only kinetic energy is conserved
Answer

A) both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved

That is the definition of elastic. SLO P-11-B-12 · Application

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