Paul Ang Kay Woon's answer to Giggs's Secondary 4 Physics question.

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Paul Ang Kay Woon
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In any collision, momentum is conserved. Thus you can use Principle of conservation of momentum.

Principle of conservation of energy however can only be used in elastic collisions. In inelastic collisions energy is NOT conserved!