Which two statements about kinetic energy are true
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For this case it is necessary to consider the assessments made between collisions of 'immovable' objects. In this case the earth is the immovable object or at least, it is approached by its mass. Considering the case of an inflatable ball of mass m that travels at a speed v towards the ground, it hits the floor and bounces with speed -v (Negative). The earth does not move, however, the momentum of the ball has changed by 2mv since the speed went from positive to negative. Applying the conservation of the momentum we know that the change of the momentum on the fly would be given under the function
Considering the direction of the velocities this expression can be rewritten as
Therefore the correct answer would be
C. Only the momentum of the ball is changed by the collision