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A car carrying a suspicious amount of nitroglycerin in its trunk is rear-ended by another car. When...

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Acar carrying a suspicious amount of nitroglycerin in its trunk isrear-ended by another car. When they collide, the nitroglycerin inthe first car explodes.

You are provided with dynamics carts (including one dynamicscart with a spring launcher that can be cocked to fire), masses,and Vernier motion sensors.

a) How would you model each object in this scenario withdynamics carts? What about the interaction between theobjects?
b) Will momentum be conserved during the collision?
c) Will kinetic energy be conserved during thecollision?
d) Classify the collision as inelastic or elastic. Is ittotally inelastic or perfectly elastic? Explain why.
e) Limitations of your model.

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a the dynamics cart with the spring will be in the front with a mass m1 the other cart with mass m2 will approach from the rear the masses and velocities of the carts will be scaled as follows 1 velocity will be scaled down in ratio with the sizes of the cars ie if cars are 5m long and    See Answer
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