Two carts are placed next to each other on a low-friction track. The carts are equipped with a spring-loaded mechanism which allows them to impart an impulse to each other. Cart A has a mass of M and Cart B has a mass of M. The spring-loaded mechanism is engaged and then released. The impulse causes Cart A to be propelled forward with a velocity of 40 cm/s. Cart B will be propelled backward with a velocity of ___ cm/s. ... If Cart B had a mass of 2M then it would be propelled backwards with a velocity of ___ cm/s. ... If Cart B had a mass of 0.5M then it would be propelled backwards with a velocity of ___ cm/s. ... If Cart B has a mass of 2M then it would be propelled backwards with a momentum which is ____ (two times the, one-half the, the same as the) original momentum. ... If Cart B has a mass of 2M then it would encounter an impulse which is ____ (two times the, one-half the, the same as the) original impulse.

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Two carts are placed next to each other on a low-friction track. The carts are equipped with a spring-loaded mechanism which allows them to impart an impulse to each other. Cart A has a mass of M and Cart B has a mass of M. The spring-loaded mechanism is engaged and then released. The impulse causes Cart A to be propelled forward with a velocity of 40 cm/s.

  1. Cart B will be propelled backward with a velocity of ___ cm/s.
  2. ... If Cart B had a mass of 2M then it would be propelled backwards with a velocity of ___ cm/s.
  3. ... If Cart B had a mass of 0.5M then it would be propelled backwards with a velocity of ___ cm/s.
  4. ... If Cart B has a mass of 2M then it would be propelled backwards with a momentum which is ____ (two times the, one-half the, the same as the) original momentum.
  5. ... If Cart B has a mass of 2M then it would encounter an impulse which is ____ (two times the, one-half the, the same as the) original impulse.
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