In an experiment, Trolley A has a mass of 3kg , the motion of the two trolleysare recorded on two paper tapes as shown below. The ticker-tape timer makes 50 ticks per second.
Tape of trolley A has 8 points, in 5cm
Tape of trolley B has 5 points, in 4cm
a) (i) What is the total momentum after firing?
(ii) Find the mass of trolley B
(b) Assuming that the two trolleys take 0.5s to separate after the trigger is tapped, find the average force acting on trolley A and that on trolley B.
(c) Explain why friction compensated runway cannot be used in this experiment. Name one set up which can replace the friction compensated runway.
(d)A small object A moving with velocity u collides head-on with a stationary object B of equal mass. What will happen to A and B if the collision is
(i) perfectly elastic,
(ii) completely inelastic?