Answer carefully, with reasons :

$(a)$ In an elastic collision of two billiard balls, is the total kinetic energy conserved during the short time of collision of the balls (i.e. when they are in contact) ?

$(b)$ Is the total linear momentum conserved during the short time of an elastic collision of two balls ?

$(c)$ What are the answers to $(a)$ and $(b)$ for an inelastic collision ?

$(d)$ If the potential energy of two billiard balls depends only on the separation distance between their centres, is the collision elastic or inelastic ?

(Note, we are talking here of potential energy corresponding to the force during collision, not gravitational potential energy).

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