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MU: Conservation of Momentum
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Chapter 9: Linear Momentum and Collisions
Read sections 9.1 - 9.7.
Learning Goals
- Understand the Law of Conservation of Momentum, and its relation to
Newton's Third Law.
- Apply the concept of impulse.
- Solve the motion of systems that undergo collisions. Know the difference
between elastic and perfectly inelastic collisions.
- Know the significance of and be able to calculate the center of mass
of discrete and continuous masses.
- Understand how Newton's Second Law applies to the motion of a system of
particles.
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