Elastic & Inelastic Collisions
DESCRIPTION
Fire two balls toward each other and observe elastic, inelastic, and perfectly inelastic collisions. Adjust masses, initial velocities, and the coefficient of restitution. Before-and-after momentum and kinetic energy tables verify conservation laws in real time.
- elastic collision
- inelastic collision
- momentum
- conservation of momentum
- kinetic energy
- coefficient of restitution
- AP Physics 1
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