Question: A bomb is dropped from a plane, explodes in midair and breaks up into many fragments. Which of the following are true regarding this collision

A bomb is dropped from a plane, explodes in midair and breaks up into many fragments. Which of the following are true regarding this collision just before and just after explosion:

I. The total momentum of the fragments is equal to the original momentum of the shell.

II. The total kinetic energy of the fragments is equal to the original kinetic energy of the shell.

A bomb is dropped from a plane, explodes in midair and breaks up into many fragments. Which of the following are true regarding this collision just before and just after explosion:

I. The total momentum of the fragments is equal to the original momentum of the shell.

II. The total kinetic energy of the fragments is equal to the original kinetic energy of the shell.

 

Both Statement I and Statement II.

 

Neither statement is true.

 

Statement II only.

 

Statement I only.

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