how is momentum conserved when the big rolling ball hits the smaller rolling ball? The big ball gives all of its momentum to the small ball.

The small ball had no momentum before the collision, and afterward it has all the momentum.

The big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball, but it keeps going forward, too.

Momentum is not conserved when the two balls collide.

B. the big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball but it keeps going forward too

Explanation:

you did not attach the discourse, but i assume it to be the discourse on the origin and basis of inequality among men (the original titile in french is: "discours sur l'origine et les fondements de l'inégalité parmi les hommes"), also know as "second discourse". in this discourse, jean-jacques rousseau emphasizes that private property is the basis of all inequalities.

therefore, what enabled the old regime to maintain as long as it did was private property.

nucleus

would be most reasonable answer tbh