Momentum & Collisions — Elastic vs. Inelastic

Set the masses and speeds, then watch two carts collide. Momentum is always conserved — kinetic energy only sometimes is.

Cart A mass 2 kg  ·  speed 3 m/s
Cart B mass 4 kg  ·  speed 0 m/s (toward A)
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