FINAL REPORT

 Elastic Collision
V. Data
Speed at A Speed at B
m/s m/s

0,978089988
0,93919
1,14022994
1,11382
0,677630007
0,67238
0,852890015
0,92174
1,043750048
1,14301
0,516499996
0,56825
0,442360014
0,13586
0,823809981
0,67636
0,227109998
0,70723

We measured the speed of the carts by using the values read by the sensors

VI. Analysis
𝒎𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 𝒌𝒈 ; 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 + 𝟎. 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟎𝟑𝒌𝒈; 𝒎𝟑 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟏𝟑
In order to multiply each speed number by the appropriate mass, we establish a new
table. In the first three cases, both masses were m1, whereas in the following three cases,
the mass at A was m2 and the mass at B was m3. Furthermore, in the latter three instances,
mass at A was m3, and mass at B was m2.
We get the momentum of the cart in each case, since the two momentums must be
equal because in elastic collisions 𝑚1 𝑣1 + 𝑚2 𝑣2 = 𝑚1 𝑢1 + 𝑚2 𝑢2 (as an example) and in
this case it was observed that 𝑣2 = 𝑢1 = 0 ⇒ 𝒎𝟏 𝒗𝟏 = 𝒎𝟐 𝒖𝟐
 Momentum at Error
A Momentum at B percentage
0,296361266 0,284574561 3,977140979

0,345489672 0,337487447 2,316198049

0,205321892 0,203731131 0,774764497

0,343714676 0,288504619 16,06275821

0,420631269 0,357762136 14,94637643

0,208149498 0,17786225 14,55071885

0,139002819 0,11272151 18,9070331

0,257852524 0,272573084 5,70890681

0,197446036 0,167590883 15,12066467

VII. Conclusion and Discussion

On this experiment, we investigated how elastic collisions among two items affect
momentum conservation. We had a great margin of mistakes, that could have resulted
from the cart's friction or different power loss. for example, because magnets simulated the
collision, the pressure that the magnets produced may additionally had been greater than
it should were
 Perfectly inelastic collision
V. Data
Speed at A Speed at B
m/s m/s

0,47533
0,46138999
0,45781001
0,74952
0,57855999
0,57287002
1,12234998
0,68023998
0,68043
0,49241
0,41834
0,40357
0,75313002
0,66283
0,62458003
0,76950997
0,61962998
0,61399001
0,69998997
0,52561998
0,52147001
0,75695997
0,53416002
0,53170002
0,51029003
0,41308999
0,41258001

Using the data obtained from the sensors, we calculated the speed of the carts.
VI. Analysis
𝒎𝟏 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 𝒌𝒈 ; 𝒎𝟐 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 + 𝟎. 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 𝟎. 𝟒𝟎𝟑𝒌𝒈; 𝒎𝟑 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟎𝟑 + 𝟏𝟎 = 𝟎. 𝟑𝟏𝟑
In order to multiply each speed number by the appropriate mass, we establish a new
table. In the first three cases, both masses were m1, whereas in the following three cases,
the mass at A was m2 and the mass at B was m3. Furthermore, in the latter three instances,
mass at A was m3, and mass at B was m2.

Momentum at A Momentum at B Error percentage

0,144024989 0,1392588 3,309278552

0,227104561 0,174441647 23,18884053

0,340072043 0,206141501 39,38299114

0,198441232 0,128628914 35,18034888

0,303511398 0,201479668 33,61709976

0,310112518 0,193061528 37,74468405

0,219096862 0,210988634 3,700750509

0,236928472 0,214770797 9,352052646

0,159720778 0,166372506 4,164597435

 It is a perfectly inelastic collision, the formula used for momentum at A and B is
𝒎𝟏 𝒗𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 𝒗𝟐 = (𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 )𝒖𝟏 where 𝒗𝟐 = 𝟎 . So equation is 𝒎𝟏 𝒗𝟏 = (𝒎𝟏 + 𝒎𝟐 )𝒖𝟏

VII. Conclusion and Discussion

We've got located how a superbly inelastic collision conserves momentum thru this
test. We had a modest margin of errors, which would possibly have resulted from the cart's
friction or different electricity loss.