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Elastic Collision

Highly theoretical. Most objects are only partly elastic These are collisions that do not lose any energy from heat, sound, etc. You will use:

Formulas for final velocities

Relative Motion for Final Velocities $v_{1}^{^{'}} = (\frac{m _{1} - m _{2}}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) (v_{1}) + (\frac{2 m _{2}}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) (v_{2})$ $v_{2}^{^{'}} = (\frac{2 m _{1}}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) (v_{1}) + (\frac{m _{2} - m _{1}}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) (v_{2})$

$v_{1}^{^{'}} = (\frac{1}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) ((m_{1} - m_{2}) (v_{1}) + (2 m_{2}) (v_{2}))$ $v_{2}^{^{'}} = (\frac{1}{m _{1} + m _{2}}) ((2 m_{1}) (v_{1}) + (m_{2} - m_{1}) (v_{2}))$

Maximum Compression/ Minimum Separation

Relative to each other, the 2 masses are at rest. This means the 2 masses are moving at the same velocity.

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Elastic Collision

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Elastic Collision

Formulas for final velocities

Maximum Compression/ Minimum Separation

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