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Boston University
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CAS PY 105 | Physics 1
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2024
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Momentum Conservation Lab 1.) Arrange a head-on collision between the two carts, starting with one cart at rest, while pushing the second cart into the first cart. 2.) Use the first stopwatch to record the time that it takes for the first cart to collide with the second cart, record this value in the chart below. 3.) Use the second stopwatch to record the time that the carts move together, starting the time when the two carts collide, and record this value in the chart 4.) Complete the chart for the four collisions listed, based on the different masses of the carts. Mass of cart 1 Collision (kg) Distance Cart 1 travelled before collision time for cart 1 to travel before collision velocity of velocity cart 1 of before Mass of cart 2 Mass of collision cart before combined (distance/time) two collision carts Distance traveled after collision 1 1.0 1.0 0.0 2.0 2 2.0 1.0 0.0 3.0 3 1.0 2.0 0.0 3.0 4 2.0 2.0 0.0 4.0 time traveled after collision velocity of combined carts after collision 5.) By using your data from the above chart and your knowledge that Momentum = mv, calculate the momentum of each object before and after the collision in the chart below. Before the collision Momentum of Cart 1 kg(m/s) After the collision Momentum of Cart 2 kg(m/s) Momentum of Combined carts kg(m/s) 6.) Compare the total momentum before each collision (momentum of cart 1 + momentum of cart 2) with the total momentum after each collision. What general conclusion can you make about the momentum before versus the momentum after the collision? Was momentum conserved? (allow for minor errors in your measurements when comparing the momentums before and after each collision).