The situation is: using two gliders, 4 collisions on a lineartrack are observed. In each collision, the initial speed of glider2 is zero. Collisions 1 and 2 use an elastic band and a bumperattachment on the gliders to create an elastic collision where thetwo gliders touch for just a moment and the area of contact isminimal. Collisions 3 and 4 use a needle and wax receptacle so thatduring the collision, the needle bites into the wax and the twogliders stick together.
I have a position-time graph with about 100 lines of data (preand post collision). I have access to the mass of each glider (withuncertainties). How would I find the answer to this type ofquestion:
Based on the experimental data, 1. calculate the total momentum(in kg·m/s) of the system after the collision; 2.calculate the uncertainty of the total momentum (inkg·m/s) of the system after the collision.
