Question

Suppose Car 1 collides with Car 2; Car 2 was not moving. In an ideal situation with no friction, according to the Law of Conservation of Momentum, what happens to the momentum after the collision?
Question 8 options:

it is slightly reduced

It is slightly larger

it is greatly reduced

it stays the same

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Hello;

The momentum would stay the same after the collision.

Because;

Car two was not moving, if you do not know what momentum means the definition is below.

Momentum: the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a product of its mass and velocity.

So since car two is not moving. The momentum would stay the same.

Correct choice among the four options provided would be:

D) it stays the same