Preview - Investigating Momentum Using Netlogo

Reading Momentum and Kinetic Energy Graphs.

The graphs recording momenta and energies for the situation you just completed are below.

 

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Was this a very inelastic collision(one that does not conserve KE, i.e., one where KE does not stay constant)? What part of these graphs and data above allow you to determine this? Please explain fully.

What system approach (Individual Car versus Both cars) constitutes an isolated system (one that conserves p, i.e., one where p' - p = 0)?  What part of these graphs and data above allow you to determine this? Please explain fully.

Notes

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