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    The document is a physics activity worksheet that asks the student to calculate the velocity of two railway carriages after they collide based on their individual masses and pre-collision velocities. The student shows their work using the law of conservation of momentum, setting up and solving the appropriate momentum equation to find that the combined velocity after collision is 3 m/s.

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    The document is a physics activity worksheet that asks the student to calculate the velocity of two railway carriages after they collide based on their individual masses and pre-collision velocities. The student shows their work using the law of conservation of momentum, setting up and solving the appropriate momentum equation to find that the combined velocity after collision is 3 m/s.

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    Physics 4r29
    Momentum Activity

    1.  Complete this question.

    Two railway carriages collide and move off together. Carriage A has a mass of
    12,000 kg and moves at 5 m/s before the collision. Carriage B has a mass of 8,000 kg
    and is stationary before the collision. What is the velocity of the two carriages after
    the collision?

    Velocity of two carriages after collision=


    Formula= p=m*v
    Law of Conservation of Linear Momentum
    Total momentum before collision= Total momentum after collision
    mA1vA1 + mB1vB1= mA2vA2 + mB2vB2
    12000*5 + 8000*0 = 12000*vA2 + 8000*vB2
    60000 + 0= v(12000 + 8000)
    60000kgms-1 = v(20000kg)
    Rearrange Formula= v=p/m
    Velocity of two carriages after collision=
    V= 60000kgms-1 /20000kg= 3ms-1

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