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Aryan+Patel+ +Quantity+of+Motion+Introduction+Demonstration - Docx.kami
Aryan+Patel+ +Quantity+of+Motion+Introduction+Demonstration - Docx.kami
Simulation Link:
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Momentum-and-Collisions/Collision-Carts/Collision-
Carts-Interactive
Case I. Predict the result of the collision between two equal-mass carts
(b) Explain the result of the collision using the idea of “Quantity of Motion”.
(c) What will happen if the red cart moves faster before it hits the blue cart?
Case II. Predict the result of the unequal mass collisions (ratio of mass is 2:1)
(b) Explain the result of the collision using the idea of “Quantity of Motion”.
The lighter cart will hit the heavier cart(which has more momentum) and the lighter cart will move in the opposite direction because the momentum
from the heavier cart is transferred into the lighter cart
(c) What will happen if the red cart moves faster before it hits the blue cart?
more energy will be transferred into the blue cart because the red cart will have more momentum than before
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the cart at rest will be propelled in the opposite direction while the cart with less mass is
pushed in the opposite direction with less speed
Case III. Predict the result of the unequal mass collisions (ratio of mass is 2:1) stationary cart larger mass
(a) Explain the result of the collision using the idea of “Quantity of Motion”.
Since the red cart has more momentum, that momentum is transferred to the blue cart so that it moves
(b) What will happen if the red cart moves faster before it hits the blue cart? the cart with more weight will transfer the
There will be more energy in the system, so the blue cart will move faster, and so will the red cart
energy into the lighter car launching it with
Case IV. Predict what happens if the ratio of masses is very large (5:1 or more) increased speed in the opposite direction
(a) Quantity of motion appears to depend on two things. What are they?
mass and velocity
(b) What happens to the quantity of motion when we increase one or the other (or both of those) two things?
it increases
(c) Mathematically, how can we deal with quantity of these two contributors to quantity of motion (it is
important to remember that one of the contributors is a vector)?
you can multiply the mass and the velocity?
(d) Quantity of motion appears to not change (in a closed system). What does that mean?
The energy from one object is transferred to the other
(e) Write a momentum equation for at least one of the cases we examined above.
momentum = mass * velocity 3
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𝛥𝑣 𝐹𝑛𝑒𝑡
(a) Use 𝑎 = and 𝑎 = to derive (come up with algebraically) a new equation for Quantity of Motion.
𝛥𝑡 𝑚