A student using an air track with two carts records the result of an inelastic collision. One cart has a mass of 0.2 kg and the other a mass of 0.4 kg. They moved off together at 0.2 m/s after the collision. The 0.4 kg cart was initially at rest. –What was the final momentum of the carts?

–What was the initial velocity of the 0.2 kg cart?

–If the collision lasted 0.02 s, what force did each cart exert on the other?

the body's situation won't change the forces are equal opposit and on the same body

wavelength divides in half and speed stays the same.

air exerts forces on falling objects near earth’s surface.

explanation:

the term 'free falls' refer to object that are falling towards the earth, in a situation in which gravity is the only force acting on the object.

for an object in free fall, the acceleration is constant (g, the gravitational acceleration), and so the velocity of the object constantly increases.

for objects near earth's surface, there is always another force acting on the object: the resistance due to the air. this force is opposed to the direction of fall of the object, and it is proportional to the velocity of the object, so as the object falls down, this force increases up to a point when it balances the force of gravity, and the object continues its motion at constant velocity (called terminal velocity). since in this case gravity is not the only force acting on the object, we are not in a situation of free fall.