Could you please answer all of this questions! Come up with a few collision situ
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Could you please answer all of this questions!
Come up with a few collision situations where you think the forces the two carts exert on one another will be of equal magnitude. Briefly describe these situations. Come up with a few collision situations where you think the forces the two carts exert on one another will be of different magnitude. Briefly describe these situations. Come up with a few situations where one cart is pushing or pulling the other and you think the forces the two carts exert on one another will be of equal magnitude Briefly describe these situations. Come up with a few situations where one cart is pushing or pulling the other and you think the forces the two carts exert on one another will be of different magnitude. Briefly describe these situations.Explanation / Answer
1
Two carts are moving in opposite direction and the acceleration of both the carts is same in magnitude but opposite in direction, therefore the force exerted by each cart on one another is F=ma where m is the mass of the carts which we will assume to be the same and a is the acceleration of the carts which is same in magnitude but opposite in direction.
2
if the mass of the two carts are different but they are travelling with the same accelaration in magnitude but opposite in direction then the forces exerted by each car on the other will be different.
If the mass of the two carts is same but the acceleration is different in magnitude and both are travelling opposite to each other , then the forces exerted by each cart on the other will be different.
4. if one cart is pulling the other towards itself with some acceleration and the other cart accelerates away from the first cart with some acceleration which is different in magnitude than the first cart then the magnitude of forces exerted by each cart on the other is different. Similarly if the first cart is pushing the other cart away with some acceleration and the second cart is travelling towards the first cart with another acceleration in magnitude then the forces on each cart will be different.
3
if one cart is pushing the other with some acceleration and the second cart is moving with twice acceleration in magnitude but opposite in direction i.e cart 1 exerts force ma on cart 2, cart 2 is moving with -2ma +ma= -ma which it will exert on cart1
where -2a is the initial acceleration of cart 2 , therefore the forces have equal magnitude but opposite direction.