Momentum
Activity 1: Elastic Collision with Equal Masses Data Table 1
Table 1A. Cart A before collision.
Cart A mass, m Distance, d (m) Time, t (s) Average time, t Velocity = d/t
(kg) (s) (m/s) vA
0.477 0.5 Trial 1: 0.49 0.49 1.02
Trial 2: 0.51
Trial 3: 0.46
Table 1B. Cart A after collision.
Cart A mass, m Distance, d (m) Time, t (s) Average time, t Velocity = d/t
(kg) (s) (m/s) vA’
0.0477 0.35 Trial 1: 0.33 0.31 1.12
Trial 2: 0.30
Trial 3: 0.29
Table 1C. Cart B after collision.
Cart B mass, m Distance, d (m) Time, t (s) Average time, t Velocity = d/t
(kg) (s) (m/s) vB’
0.0641 0.5 Trial 1: 0.42 0.45 1.11
Trial 2: 0.44
Trial 3: 0.48
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