The goal of this experiment is to try and find the relationship between impulse and momentum.
Equations useful to this experiment are p = m*v and J = F * t.
In the top image the blue kart collides into the red kart and we use it to determine the momentum of the system
In the middle image there should be a weight on top of the blue kart, however unfortunately I must have forgotten to take a picture of it at the time.
In the last and bottom picture, there is an inelastic collision. Meaning that the system gets suck together and that energy is lost, as the system then gets connected to each other.
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Results of Experiment 1
Results of Experiment 2 (block)
Results of Experiment 3 (clay)
In experiment one, our impulse was -.2723 N*s
In experiment two, our impulse was -.6706 N*s
In the final experiment, our impulse was -.2351 N*s
This was the experimental calculations that we did by hand.
Our third and first experiment was really close for our actual and expected results.
Unfortunately that success was nonexistent in the second experiment. Where our impulse was -.6706 compared to our calculated implies of -.764 which is quite a bit off. We were mostly successful as two of the three results were within expected range.
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