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Assertion: The conservation of kinetic energy in elastic collision applies after the collision is over and does not hold at very instant of the collision.
Reason: During a collision the total linear momentum is conserved at each instant of the collision.

A

If both assertion and reason are true and reason is the correct explanation of assertion.

B

If both assertion and reason are true not but reason is not the correct explanation of assertion.

C

If assertion is true but reason is false

D

If both assertion and reason are false.

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The correct Answer is:
B
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