For each Graphs 1, 2 and 3, determine whether the collision was perfectly inelas

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For each Graphs 1, 2 and 3, determine whether the collision was perfectly inelastic, inelastic, or elastic. Use the data from the graphs to support your answer. In all Part 1 cases, the mass of both carts is the same.

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Explanation / Answer

Graph 1: The momenta of the two carts are different initially before the collision shown by red and blue lines. After the collision, the momentum of both the particles is the same therefore the particles stick together after collision. Thus we can conclude that the collision is perfectly inelastic.

Graph 2: From the graph we can say that the momentum of the particles has exchanged their values which is only possible when the masses of the particles involved in the collision are same and the collision is perfectly elastic. Thus we can conclude that the collision is elastic.

Graph 3: Now since the third graph is different from both the cases thus we can surely say that the Collision is inelastic.

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