Question
How is momentum conserved when the big rolling ball hits the smaller rolling ball?
Question 5 options:
The big ball gives all of its momentum to the small ball.
The small ball had no momentum before the collision, and afterward it has all the momentum.
The big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball, but it keeps going forward, too.
Momentum is not conserved when the two balls collide.
Question 5 options:
The big ball gives all of its momentum to the small ball.
The small ball had no momentum before the collision, and afterward it has all the momentum.
The big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball, but it keeps going forward, too.
Momentum is not conserved when the two balls collide.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The correct option is:
**The big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball, but it keeps going forward, too.**
In a perfectly elastic collision between two objects, both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. When the big ball collides with the smaller ball, it transfers some of its momentum to the smaller ball, allowing both balls to continue moving after the collision. Therefore, the total momentum of the system (the two balls) before the collision is equal to the total momentum of the system after the collision.
**The big ball transfers some of its momentum to the small ball, but it keeps going forward, too.**
In a perfectly elastic collision between two objects, both momentum and kinetic energy are conserved. When the big ball collides with the smaller ball, it transfers some of its momentum to the smaller ball, allowing both balls to continue moving after the collision. Therefore, the total momentum of the system (the two balls) before the collision is equal to the total momentum of the system after the collision.