Two air carts of mass m1 = 0.84 kg and m2 = 0.42 kg are placed on
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Two air carts of mass m1 = 0.84 kg and m2 = 0.42 kg are placed on a frictionless track. Cart 1 is at rest initially, and has a spring bumper with a force constant of 690 N/m. Cart 2 has a flat metal surface for a bumper, and moves toward the bumper of the stationary cart with an initial speed v = 0.68 m/s.
(a) What is the speed of the two carts at the moment when their speeds are equal?
(b) How much energy is stored in the spring bumper when the carts have the same speed?
(c) What is the final speed of the carts after the collision?
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