1. Chapter 6 Review
A ball collides with a stationary ball of the same mass in an elastic head-on collision. After the collision, what happens to the first ball?
What is true of the total KE in an elastic collision?
How can a small force produce a large change in momentum?
A cue ball strikes a full rack of 15 billiard balls. What is true of the total momentum of the system of 16 balls compared with the momentum of the cue ball?
Two identical balls move toward each other at the same speed. What is the total momentum of the system before the collision?