Given below are two statements : one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R. Assertion A Body P having mass M moving with speed u has head-on collision elastically with another body Q having mass m initially at rest. If m M , body Q will have a maximum speed equal to 2 u after collision. Reason R During elastic collision, the momentum and kinetic energy are both conserved. In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below. [26 Feb 2021 Shift 1]

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Correct Answer is : Both AAA and RRR are correct and RRR is the correct explanation of AAA.

Centre of Mass and Collision Part 1