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Hi,
i have a question iv been working on for 4 hours and I am soo confused.
My example is a bumper car in a elastic collision.
bumper car A travels at 3ms-1 east with a mass of 180kg
Bumper car B travels at 4ms-1 west witha mass of 200kgs.
the momentum before the collision is 1340kgms-1..this will be equal to momentum after the collision.
Car A travels at 1.5ms-1 after the collision int he opposite direction west
while Car B travels at 5.35ms-1 to the east.
what i need help with is change in momentum.
what is the change in momentum for both cars.
Δmomentum= F* T ( how am i supposed to get the average force for both cars)
the contact time was 2 secs but what is the change in momentum?
i don't get if its change in momentum for the whole system or just 1 car?
please help me out..
feel free to substitue any values for F or T etc..keep it simple as well (im only 16)
Thank you
i have a question iv been working on for 4 hours and I am soo confused.
My example is a bumper car in a elastic collision.
bumper car A travels at 3ms-1 east with a mass of 180kg
Bumper car B travels at 4ms-1 west witha mass of 200kgs.
the momentum before the collision is 1340kgms-1..this will be equal to momentum after the collision.
Car A travels at 1.5ms-1 after the collision int he opposite direction west
while Car B travels at 5.35ms-1 to the east.
what i need help with is change in momentum.
what is the change in momentum for both cars.
Δmomentum= F* T ( how am i supposed to get the average force for both cars)
the contact time was 2 secs but what is the change in momentum?
i don't get if its change in momentum for the whole system or just 1 car?
please help me out..
feel free to substitue any values for F or T etc..keep it simple as well (im only 16)
Thank you