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lana asked in Science & MathematicsPhysics · 2 years ago

How do you find after collision momentum?

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  • Lôn
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    By the law of conservation of momentum.....momentum before = momentum after.

    Take a toy railway carriage weighing say, 200 g travelling at 3 m/s colliding with and coupling to another carriage mass 100g at rest.

    Momentum before = 200 x 3 + 0 = 600gm/s

    Momentum after must be the same.... 600gm/s so as the new mass is 300g the coupled carriages move off at 2 m/s.

  • User
    Lv 7
    2 years ago

    Momentum before a collision = momentum after collision

    the principle is called "conservation of momentum"

    a mathematically simple form of "conservation of momentum" is

    [before collision] m1v1 + m2v2 + m3v3 +... = [after collision] mAvA + mBvB + mCvC + ...

    so

    the total of all of the objects momentum before the collision

    is equal

    to the total of all of the objects momentum after the collision

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