In any collision

A. total momentum is not conserved.
B. total kinetic energy is conserved.
C. total momentum is conserved.
D. total momentum is not conserved but total kinetic energy is conserved.
E. total momentum and total kinetic energy are conserved and the masses are equal.


C. total momentum is conserved.

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