Question

We've gone through Newton's Laws and are about to embark into the world of momentum. We mainly used Newton's laws to model the motion of a single object. Momentum will allow us to study the interactions between objects.

Assume two objects, one of mass m1, the other of mass m2 floating in space (ignore gravity and friction). m1 and m2 smash into each other run into each other. What type of force will exist between m1 and m2? How will those forces compare? How will their accelerations compare?

Consider acceleration to be the change in velocity over the change in time. Use this to determine how the change in velocities compare for m1 and m2? The combination of mass and velocity is called momentum. Do you think momentum is conserved in collisions?

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