combining the two values calculated above tells us the total momentum before the collision. the total momentum of cart 1 and cart 2 before the collision is 0.01 . if you were to do the same calculations to determine the momenta of each cart after the collision and then combine them, you would find that the total momentum of cart 1 and cart 2 after the collision is -0.022 . therefore, the change in momentum (change = final -initial) pf the whole sistem from before the coallision is -0.03. this is one trial. Which of the following statements is most true?
A)There must be a calculation error, because momentum should be conserved in this collision.
B)This demonstrates that momentum is not conserved in this collision.
C)This demonstrates that the motion detector is not precise enough to conduct this
experiment.
E)More trials will not improve the sensitivity of the motion detectors, so there is no point in
collecting more data.
F)Averaging the change in momentum for multiple trials can tell us whether momentum is not
conserved here or the motion detector is imprecise.