Conservation Laws
In all collisions:
- Momentum is always conserved
- Total energy is conserved
- Kinetic energy may or may not be conserved
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In all collisions:
For any collision:
m₁v₁ᵢ + m₂v₂ᵢ = m₁v₁f + m₂v₂f
For elastic collisions:
½m₁v₁ᵢ² + ½m₂v₂ᵢ² = ½m₁v₁f² + ½m₂v₂f²
m₁v₁ᵢ + m₂v₂ᵢ = m₁v₁f + m₂v₂f
KE = ½mv²
v₁₂ = v₁ - v₂