AP Physics 1· difficulty 2/5
A cart at undergoes a 1-D <strong>elastic</strong> collision with another cart at rest. Final velocities?
Cart 1 at , cart 2 at
Both at
Cart 1 reverses, cart 2 at
Cart 1 at , cart 2 at
Explanation
For equal masses, the moving cart stops and the target takes its velocity (classic billiard result).
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