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In the impact problems the following conditions must always be satisfied:

[A].	The total kinetic energy remains unchanged	[B].	The total linear momentum remains unchanged
[C].	The magnitude of the total linear momentum is multiplied by the coefficient of restitution	[D].	The kinetic energy of the system is reduced by a factor proportional to the coefficient of restitution
[E].	None of the above

Answer: Option B