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Isolated Collision
« on: June 13, 2011, 10:46:49 pm »
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Can someone please tell me the definition of an isolated collision?
I'm unsure because I came across a question saying that a car transferring all it's momentum into the earth is not isolated.
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Re: Isolated Collision
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 10:52:26 pm »
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An isolated collision is when the momentum is not conserved.
I asked my physics teacher and he said it is not in the study design.
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