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Joshua Gerard Pascua - Sci 403 - Laboratory Experiment 2

This document appears to be an experiment report for a physics class investigating elastic and inelastic collisions between carts using an online simulation. The objective was to demonstrate conservation of linear momentum in collisions. Procedures involved performing simulations of elastic and inelastic cart collisions and recording the velocities before and after. Data tables show the initial and final velocities of carts in various collision scenarios. Questions ask about momentum in fully inelastic collisions where carts stick together and fully elastic collisions.

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Joshua Gerard Pascua - Sci 403 - Laboratory Experiment 2

This document appears to be an experiment report for a physics class investigating elastic and inelastic collisions between carts using an online simulation. The objective was to demonstrate conservation of linear momentum in collisions. Procedures involved performing simulations of elastic and inelastic cart collisions and recording the velocities before and after. Data tables show the initial and final velocities of carts in various collision scenarios. Questions ask about momentum in fully inelastic collisions where carts stick together and fully elastic collisions.

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Republic of the Philippines

BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY


BatStateU Alangilan
Alangilan, Batangas City
College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts
https://batstate-u.edu.ph/, Tel. No. (043) 425-0139 loc. 118/2121

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

SCI 403 – PHYSICS I


EXPERIMENT 2 – CONSERVATION OF MOMENTUM IN COLLISIONS
SECOND SEMESTER SY 2021 - 2022

NAME : _____________________________________SCORE:
PASCUA, JOSHUA GERARD B. ____________________
SECTION: ___________________________________
EE-1205 DATE: ______________________
05/06/2022

I. OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate both elastic and inelastic collisions of carts by using


different methods of conservation of linear momentum, which can show the loss or
gain of energy in the system.

II. PROCEDURES:
1. Open the link for the online simulation of collision carts:
https://www.physicsclassroom.com/Physics-Interactives/Momentum-and-
Collisions/Collision-Carts/Collision-Carts-Interactive.
2. Perform the online simulation of collision carts before collision for elastic and
inelastic collision then observe the motion of two carts after each collision.
3. Draw the diagram for the after collision.

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same amount of hours per day that were given
to… Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Di Vinci… and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.”
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III. DATA AND RESULTS:
A. ELASTIC COLLISIONS

Vb = 5 Va=-5m/s Vb=0

Va= -5m/s Va=Vb Vb = 5m/s

Va= -5m/s Vb=6m/s


Va<Vb

Vb=4m/s Va= -2m/s Va=Vb Vb=2m/s

Va= 4m/s Va=2m/s Va<Vb Vb=6m/s

Va=4m/s Vb=-4m/s Vb=8m/s

Va=5m/s Vb=-4m/s Va=0.5m/s Va<Vb Vb=9.5m/s

Va=-0.5m/s Va<Vb Vb=8.5m/s


Va=4m/s Vb=-5m/s

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same amount of hours per day that were given
to… Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Di Vinci… and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.”
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B. INELASTIC COLLISIONS

Vb=-5m/s Va=-2.5m/s Vb=-2.5m/s

Va=0m/s Vb=0m/s

Va=5m/s Vb=-4m/s Va=0.5m/s Vb=0.5m/s

Vb=-4m/s Va=-1m/s Vb=-1m/s

Va=5m/s Va=3.8m/s Vb=3.8m/s

5m/s
Va=2.5m/s Vb=2.5m/s

Va=6m/s Vb=-5m/s Va=3.3m/s Vb=3.3m/s

Va=4m/s Vb=-5m/s Va=1.8m/s Vb=1.8m/s

IV. QUESTIONS:
1. When the two carts having the same mass and the same speed collide and stick
together, they stop. What happened to each cart’s momentum? Is momentum
conserved?
2. When the two carts having the same mass and the same speed collide and bonce off
elastically, what is the final momentum of the carts?

V. CONCLUSION:

“Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same amount of hours per day that were given
to… Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo Di Vinci… and Albert Einstein.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.”
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