Mechanics
Momentum & Collisions
Collisions and recoil: impulse and conservation
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Momentum and collisions cover impulse, conservation in one dimension, and elastic collisions, including cases that stick together and recoil.
Skills in this topic
Momentum & Impulse
Find momentum and impulse, and the average force behind a change of motion
Conservation of Momentum
Apply momentum conservation to collisions that stick together and to recoil
Elastic Collisions
Handle collisions that also conserve kinetic energy, starting with equal masses
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