A bullet hits a block kept at rest on a smooth horizontal surface and gets embedded into it

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asked Mar 23, 2018 in Physics by shabnam praween (19,050 points) 5 6 75

A bullet hits a block kept at rest on a smooth horizontal surface and gets embedded into it. Which of the following does not change ?
(a) linear momentum of the block
(b) kinetic energy of the block
(c) gravitational potential energy of the block
(d) temperature of the block.

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answered Mar 23, 2018 by BISHNU (15,580 points) 4 4 6
selected Mar 27, 2018 by faiz
 
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(c) gravitational potential energy of the block 

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