PHY150
Momentum
Activity 1: Elastic Collision with Equal Masses Data Table 1
Table 1A. Cart A before collision.Cart A mass, mDistance, d (m)Time, t (s) Average time, tVelocity = d/t (kg)
0.477 0.5Trial 1: 0.49
(s) 0.49 (m/s) vA 1.02
Trial 2: 0.51
Trial 3: 0.46
Table 1B. Cart A after collision.Cart A mass, mDistance, d (m)Time, t (s) Average time, tVelocity = d/t (kg)
0.0477 0.35 Trial 1: 0.33
(s) 0.31 (m/s) vA’ 1.12
Trial 2: 0.30
Trial 3: 0.29
Table 1C. Cart B after collision.Cart B mass, mDistance, d (m)Time, t (s) Average time, tVelocity = d/t (kg)
0.0641 0.5Trial 1: 0.42
(s) 0.45 (m/s) vB’ 1.11
Trial 2: 0.44
Trial 3: 0.48 1 / 2
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