rt with mass 600 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.5 m/s un- dergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the rst cart continues in its original direction at 1 m/s. (a) What is the mass of the second c

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PART 1. De ne impulse and write an equation for it. [0.5 + 0.5]
PART 2. What is the di erence between an elastic collision and an inelastic collision? 
PART 3. State the law of conservation of kinetic energy. 
PART 4. A cart with mass 600 g moving on a frictionless linear air track at an initial speed of 1.5 m/s un-
dergoes an elastic collision with an initially stationary cart of unknown mass. After the collision, the rst cart
continues in its original direction at 1 m/s.
(a) What is the mass of the second cart? 
(b) What is its speed after impact? 
(c) What is the speed of the two-cart center of mass? 

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