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Questions – PASCO ME-6569 RMS_IDS KIT User Manual

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RMS/IDS Kit

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Questions

1.

How did the elastic collision effect the total momentum and total kinetic energy in the
system?

2.

What effect did friction have on the momentum and kinetic energy of the system?

3.

What are other possible contributors to the variation of the experimental data from the
expected (theoretical) values?

m

1

v

1

m

2

v

2

m

1after

v

1after

m

2after

v

2after

m

1

v

1

+ m

2

v

2

m

1after

v

1after+

m

2after

v

2after

(kg)

(m/s)

(kg)

(m/s)

(kg)

(m/s)

(kg)

(m/s)

(kg m/s)

(kg m/s)

Table 4.1

½m

1

v

1

2

+½m

2

v

2

2

½m

1after

v

1after

2

+

½m

2after

v

1after

2

(N s)

(N s)

Table 4.2

measured

calculated

measured

calculated

calculated

measured

calculated

measured