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Momentum & its conservation
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Car truck collision Fc Ft Ft = mt change in vt time Fc = mc
change in vc time Fc time = mc change in vc Ft time = mt change in vt Fc time + Ft time = mc change in vc + mt change in vt (Fc + Ft)time =change in mcvc + change in mtvt (Fc + Ft)time =change in (mcvc + mtvt)
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0 = change in (mcvc + mtvt) mcvc + mtvt stays constant!
Car truck collision Fc Ft (Fc + Ft)time =change in (mcvc + mtvt) Newton’s 3rd law: Fc = -Ft (Fc + Ft)time = 0 0 = change in (mcvc + mtvt) mcvc + mtvt stays constant!
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Mtvt= momentum of thruck mcvc + mtvt = total momentum
Momentum = mv mcvc = momentum of car this changes this changes Mtvt= momentum of thruck mcvc + mtvt = total momentum this stays constant Before = -40 After = -40 Momentum is conserved!
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True for all collisions
before =+20 after =+20 visit
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Revisit the canoe at the dock
Initial momentum canoe = 0 boy = 0 Total = 0 final momentum canoe = mcvc boy = mbvb Total = 0
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Momentum is a vector: mv collision in 2 dimensions
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eating Finding nemo
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Billiard balls 2 before after ptot 2 ptot 1 1
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Conservation of momentum on a sub-atomic level
before p p ptot proton after p ptot p p- meson p- meson
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Rocket travel before P0 after P0 + p exhaust p
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Rifle recoil mV mV
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Machine-gun granny
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