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Wave Motion

why in inelastic collisions angle of momentum is conserved?

Profile image of Tanuja reddy Mukkamalla
13 Years agoGrade
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Profile image of Chetan Mandayam Nayakar
13 Years ago

Because momentum is a vector quantity.

Profile image of G Ashwin -
13 Years ago

Mass of the system is same.

since,

p=mv

momentum remains same

Profile image of JAYANT ARORA
13 Years ago

This is just the principal of conservation of linear momentum based on newtons second law of motion.