During a perfectly elastic collision between two bodies, which of the following statements is always true? a.Kinetic energy is not conserved. b.Kinetic energy is conserved and momentum is conserved. c.Kinetic energy is conserved and momentum is not conserved. d.Kinetic energy is not conserved and momentum is not conerved. e.Kinetic energy is conserved.

The correct answer is option (b) i.e. Kinetic energy is conserved and momentum is conserved.Linear momentum and kinetic energy both are conserved in a perfectly elastic collision between two bodies.

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During a perfectly elastic collision between two bodies, which of the following statements is always true?

	a.	Kinetic energy is not conserved.
	b.	Kinetic energy is conserved and momentum is conserved.
	c.	Kinetic energy is conserved and momentum is not conserved.
	d.	Kinetic energy is not conserved and momentum is not conerved.
	e.	Kinetic energy is conserved.

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