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4. Two carts collide and stick together in a lab experiment. Cart 1 has a mass of 550 g and a speed before the collision of 2.5 m/s. Cart 2 has a mass of 320 g and a speed of -4.1 m/s. Consider the 2 carts to be the system.
A. What is the total momentum of the system before the collision?
B. What is the velocity of the 2 carts after the collision?
C. If the collision takes 0.15s, what is the average force and acceleration experienced by each cart? Explain any differences between the answers for the 2 carts.
D. What speed would cart 2 need to have for the carts to be stationary after the collision?