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17 June, 19:06

An air-track cart with mass m1=0.31kg and initial speed v0=0.90m/s collides with and sticks to a second cart that is at rest initially. if the mass of the second cart is m2=0.50kg, how much kinetic energy is lost as a result of the collision?

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  1. 17 June, 22:59
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    Since the two charts after the collision stick together, we are dealing with a perfectly inelastic collision.

    First, we need to find the speed of the two charts after the collision. In order to do so, we consider the conservation of momentum:

    m₁·v₁ + m₂·v₂ = (m₁ + m₂) ·v

    We can solve for v, considering also that v₂=0

    v = m₁·v₁ / (m₁ + m ₂)

    = 0.31 · 0.90 / (0.31 + 0.50)

    = 0.34 m/s

    The kinetic energy lost (which is transformed into bounding energy between the two charts) will be the difference between the total kinetic energy before the collision and after the collision:

    ΔE = E₁ - E₂ = 1/2·m₁·v₁ - 1/2· (m₁ + m₂) ·v

    = 1/2 (0.31) (0.90) - 1/2 (0.81) (0.34)

    = 0.1395 - 0.1377

    = 0.0018J

    Hence, the correct answer is ΔE = 0.0018J
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