Two carts are colliding on an airtrack (neglect friction). the first cart has a mass of m1=40 g and an initial velocity of v1=2 m/s. the second cart has a mass of m2=47 g and an initial velocity of v2=-5 m/s. two experiments are conducted. in the first experiment, the first cart has a final velocity of v1'=-1.11 m/s.
what is the velocity of the second cart?

for the second experiment, the bumpers of the carts are modified, but the carts are started with the same initial velocities as before. now the first cart has a final velocity of v1'=-3.8942 m/s, and the second cart a final velocity of v2'=0.0163 m/s.
how much (if any) energy was lost in the collision?

in good approximation, what kind of collision was the second experiment?

v₂ = -2.35m/s

This is an Inelastic collision

Explanation:

Law of conservation of momentum

This states that for a collision occurring between two object in an isolated system, the total momentum of the two objects before the collision is equal to the total momentum of the two objects after the collision. That is, the momentum lost by object 1 is equal to the momentum gained by object 2.

Given from the question

m₁=40 g

initial velocity of m₁: v₁=2 m/s

m₂=47 g

initial velocity of m₂: v₂ = -5 m/s

final velocity of m₁: v'₁ = -1.11 m/s.

final velocity of  m₂ = ?

second experiment final velocity of m₁ : v₁' = -3.8942 m/s

second experiment final velocity of m₂ : v₂' = 0.0163 m/s

Considering the first experiment

Apply the knowledge of conservation of momentum

Considering the second experiment

initial kinetic energy

Final kinetic energy

Loss in kinetic energy  

ΔKE = 0.6675 - 0.3033

ΔKE = 0.3642 J

This collision is a perfectly inelastic collision because the maximum  kinetic energy is lost this means that the kinetic energy before the collision is not the same as the kinetic energy after the collision.Though momentum is conserved kinetic energy is not conserved.

the order for strong to weak forces such as

strong nuclear force → electromegnetic force → weak nuclear force → gravitational force

the fundamental forces are those forces that act between to objects or element to make interactions. there are four types of fundamental forces such as strong and weak nuclear forces (due to protons and electrons), electromagnetic force (due to the motion of electrons) and gravitational force (due to orbital movement of the planet). if these forces are arranged on the basis of their maximum strength then the order is

strong nuclear force → electromegnetic force → weak nuclear force → gravitational force

see the picture for the vector

the magnitude of the vector by pythagorean theorem

r = √( (-10)^2 + (3)^2 ) = √109

magnitude = √109 units

the direction angle between vector and x-axis is

tan^(-1)(3/10) = 16.699

so the direction is approximately 16.7 degrees north of west