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Chapter 8, Problem 12MCP
You drop an egg from rest with no air resistance. As it falls,
- A. only its momentum is conserved.
- B. only its kinetic energy is conserved.
- C. both its momentum and its mechanical energy are conserved.
- D. its mechanical energy is conserved, but its momentum is not conserved.
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