Navjyot Kalra
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The correct option is (D).
If the final kinetic energy is less than the initial kinetic energy, then some of the original kinetic energy is converted into internal energy of the final particles. These reactions are energy absorbing (endoergic) and are analogous to the collisions we have been calling “inelastic”. Therefore option (B) is ruled out.
For elastic collisions, in which the kinetic energy does not change, we must have initial total kinetic energy is equal to the final total kinetic energy. In practice this means that the identities of the colliding bodies do not change and that there are no inertial regroupings of their constituents. Therefore option (C) is ruled out.
In an exoergic reaction, the total final kinetic energy is greater than the total initial kinetic energy, which means that some internal energy of the colliding objects has been changed into kinetic energy. So it is not possible a reaction that is exoergic in one inertial reference frame is exoergic in all inertial frame. Thus option (A) is ruled out. But the total net change in kinetic energy will have the same value in all inertial reference frames. Therefore option (D) is correct.