What happens when two carts of equal mass one moving and one at rest collide in an elastic collision?
What happens when two carts of equal mass one moving and one at rest collide in an elastic collision? If one cart is initially at rest, say m2, then we have m1v1i = (m1 + m2)vf, and vf = m1v1i/(m1 + m2). If the two initial momenta are equal and opposite, they exactly cancel, and […]
