uploaded imageTwo identical masses fall as shown: one straight down, the other along a frictionless path. Which statement (or statements) is (are) true for these masses just before they reach the floor?

(a) one will have a higher kinetic energy than the other

(b) they will have different speeds

(c) they have the same magnitude of momentum

(d) all of the above

(e) none of the above

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