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RUDIKE
3 months ago
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In this lab, you will use a dynamics track to generate collisions between two carts. If momentum is conserved, what variable cha

nge would result in a velocity change after a collision? In the space below, write a scientific question that you will answer by doing this experiment.
Physics
2 answers:
Keith_Richards [3.2K]3 months ago
8 0

In collision-related situations, momentum remains constant.

Thus, we can deduce:

m_1v_{1i} + m_2v_{2i} = m_1 v_{1f} + m_2v_{2f}

To resolve these problems we also need another equation concerning the restitution coefficient:

v_{2f} - v_{1f} = e(v_{1i} - v_{2i})

With these two equations, we can calculate the velocities after a collision.

Here, the contact force brings about changes in velocity during their interaction.

This represents the impulse that occurs when the two objects are briefly in contact during the collision, which modifies their velocities.

Maru [3.3K]3 months ago
5 0

How does altering the mass impact the interactions between colliding objects?

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