A piece of putty moving with 1 unit of momentum strikes and sticks to a heavy bowling ball initially at rest. After the putty sticks to the ball, both move with a combined momentum of

A) less than 1 unit.
B) more than 1 unit.
C) 1 unit.
D) not enough information


Answer: C

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