Hugo Diaz

Marvin Mejia
Period 3
01/18/2023

Lab L1: Inelastic Collision

Data Table
m1 m2 v1i v2i vf P1i P2i Pi Pf
(kg) (kg) (m/s) (m/s) (m/s) (kg⋅m/s (kg⋅m/s (kg⋅m/s (kg⋅m/s
) ) ) )

2 2 5 0 2.5 10 0 10 10

2 2 5 2 3.5 10 4 14 14

2 2 5 -2 1.5 10 -4 6 6

2 2 5 -5 0 10 -10 0 0

2 1 5 0 3.3 10 0 10 9.9

2 1 5 2 4 10 2 12 12

2 1 5 -2 2.7 10 -2 8 8.1

2 1 5 -5 1.7 10 -5 5 5.1

1 2 5 0 1.7 5 0 5 5.1

1 2 5 2 3 5 4 9 9

1 2 5 -2 0.3 5 -4 1 0.9

1 2 5 -5 -1.7 5 -10 -5 -5.1

Conclusion:

What we learned from doing this lab is how the momentum from the collision carts
practically stayed the same. There would be a slither of difference but the total
momentum basically managed to stay the same.