Ablue lab cart is traveling west on a track when it collides with and sticks to a red lab cart traveling east. the magnitude of the momentum of the blue cart before the collision is 2.0 kilogram • meters per second, and the magnitude of the momentum of the red cart before the collision is 3.0 kilogram • meters per second. the magnitude of the total momentum of the two carts after the collision is
(1)1.0 kg • m/s
(2)2.0 kg • m/s
(3)3.0 kg • m/s
(4)5.0 kg • m/s

The magnitude of the total momentum of the two carts after the collision is ; ( 1 ) : 1.0 kg. m/s

Given data :

Magnitude of momentum of blue cart before the collision ( m₁ ) = 2.0 kg.m/s

Magnitude of momentum of red cart before the collision ( m₂ ) = 3.0 kg.m/s

Therefore the magnitude of the total momentum ( Mf )

Mf =  m₁  +  m₂

    =  -2.0 kg.ms + 3.0 kg.m/s

Mf = 1 kg.ms

Hence we can conclude that the magnitude of the total momentum of the two carts after the collision is 1.0 kg.m/s.

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