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UIC Physics Department Physics 141 Prelab Assignment

Collisions
Lab Section Day & Time : _____________________________

Name: ____________________________________________________________ Date: ______________________________

Pre – laboratory Assignment


Due at the beginning of your lab class. Answer all questions. Only some will be graded, for a total of 10 points.

1. In this experiment, what should you not touch?


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2. In this experiment you will study the effect of collisions on a system consisting of
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3. What will be the time interval between two adjacent dots on your spark trace?
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4. The drawing to the right shows a collision between two pucks on an air-
hockey table. Puck A has a mass of 2.8 kg and is moving along the x axis with a
velocity of 5.5 m/s. It makes a collision with puck B, which has a mass of 6.3
kg and is initially at rest. After the collision, the two pucks fly apart with the
angles shown in the drawing.
4a. Find the final speed of the pucks
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UIC Physics Department Physics 141 Prelab Assignment

4b. Find the kinetic energy of the A B system before and after collision
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4c. What type of the collision is this?


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