To explain: The concept that even though momentum is conserved,but still most of the moving objects slows down and stops.
Explanation of Solution
Introduction:
For the motion of a body, momentum is conserved in the absence of external resistive forces.
Generally, objects move under the external opposing forces, like frictional force, air resistance. Due to the presence of these external resistive forces, any object slows down and stops at the end of its motion. On the other hand, in free space there are no resistive
Conclusion:
Therefore, momentum is always conserved, when there are no external forces acting on the object.
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