Computational Thinking in Science and Math

Momentum: Perfectly Elastic Collisions

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You will use a NetLogo model to analyze the 1-Dimensional collision of 2 cars that is completely elastic, i.e., Kinetic Energy is conserved. 

You will determine the following:

1. How the impulse compares to the  change in momentum for an individual car in a collision of 2 cars.

2. How the momentum of an individual car compares before and after the collision of 2 cars.

3. How the kinetic energy of an individual car compares before and after the collision of 2 cars.

4. How the analysis changes if both cars are combined into a 2-car system. Both cars will be used to produce a single result.

You will determine in which case(s) {1-car system, 2-car system, both, or none} the momentum and kinetic energy are considered to be conserved, i.e., the same before and after the collision.