Two carts are about to collide head-on on a track. The inertia of cart 1 is greater

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Two carts are about to collide head-on on a track. The inertia of cart 1 is greater than the inertia of cart 2, and the collision is elastic. The speed of cart 1 before the collision is higher than the speed of cart 2 before the collision.

(a) Which cart experiences the greater acceleration during the collision?

(b) Which cart has the greater change in momentum due to the collision?

(c) Which cart has the greater change in kinetic energy during the collision?

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