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OpenStudy (anonymous):

true or false in an inelastic collision momentum is not conserved

OpenStudy (anonymous):

False. Momentum is always conserved in a closed system.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

very true

OpenStudy (anonymous):

excuse me very false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

momentum is always conserved

OpenStudy (anonymous):

false

OpenStudy (anonymous):

False indeed. Thanks to the spatial symmetry of our universe, momentum is always always conserved. You should take a glance at Noether's Theorem (if you are familiar with the Lagrangian).

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Oh, come on z_t, now you're just showing off. ಠ_ಠ I doubt that someone unfamiliar with introductory physics will know anything about Lagrangians.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

yes i have no idea but now i know momentum is always conserved thanks alot everybody

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