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In an elastic collision of two bodies, what is conserved?

AMomentum but no energy
BEnergy but no momentum
CNeither of the two
DMomentum and energy
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Momentum and energy
1. An elastic collision loses nothing to heat or deformation. 2. In an elastic collision of two bodies the momentum and energy are conserved. 3. An inelastic collision loses kinetic energy. _Source: syllabus Physics Part I, Ch 6 'Work, Energy and Power'_
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