Question

A 1 kg object traveling at 1 m/s collides head-on with a 2 kg object initially at rest. If the collision is completely inelastic, describe how the system looks now, is the velocity of the 1 kg object greater, less than, or equal to what it was before impact?

Was momentum conserved?

Answer 1

Explanation:

Momentum can be thought of as mass in motion. An object has momentum if it has its mass in motion. It matters not whether the object is of large mass or small mass, moving with constant speed or accelerating; if the object is MOVING, then it has momentum