Impulse and Momentum Mass of cart 0.513 kg % Change Duration Final Initial Average difference of of Impulse Change in velocity velocity force between Trial velocity impulse momentum vf vi Impulse and (Ns) (kgm /s) v t (m/s) (m/s) (N) Change in (m/s) (s) momentum Elastic 1 0.415 1.462 0.26 –0.376 2 0.500 1.685 0.27 –0.458 3 0.402 1.311 0.26 –0.357 Inelastic 1 0.000 0.406 4.62 0.05 2 0.000 0.365 3.02 0.06
Impulse and Momentum Mass of cart 0.513 kg Trial Final velocity vf (m/s) Initial velocity vi (m/s) Change of velocity v (m/s) Average force (N) Duration of impulse t (s) Impulse (Ns) Change in momentum (kgm /s) % difference between Impulse and Change in momentum Elastic 1 –0.376 0.415 1.462 0.26 2 –0.458 0.500 1.685 0.27 3 –0.357 0.402 1.311 0.26 Inelastic 1 0.000 0.406 4.62 0.05 2 0.000 0.365 3.02 0.06