I may not be the best person to answer this question. Ideally overall momentum is conserved. Elastic collisions are the collisions that have a bouncing/ricochet effect whereas inelastic have a smushing or coming together. I don't think there is a greater change in momentum in either case since momentum overall is conserved. Per unit/object there may be an increase but the other unit must decrease.
I may not be the best person to answer this question. Ideally overall momentum is conserved. Elastic collisions are the collisions that have a bouncing/ricochet effect whereas inelastic have a smushing or coming together. I don't think there is a greater change in momentum in either case since momentum overall is conserved. Per unit/object there may be an increase but the other unit must decrease.
what I read is that momentum is only conserved in the elastic collision but in an inelastic collision it isnt conserved becasue of loss in kinetic energy to heat (friction).....idn If I get it or not
Momentum is always conserved in every situtation I have studied per the mcat.
elastic: both momentum and ke conserved
Perfectly Inelastic: momentum conserved but ke isn't. KE encompasses both masses as one as a final product.
