Overview
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The length of time that we recommend members of each team spend on this topic are as follows:
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Alpha – 12 days
Bravo – 9 days
Charlie – 7 days
Delta – 6 days
Echo – 4 days
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Happy learning!
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Learning Objectives
Describe what happens when an object impacts a perpendicular surface
How the coefficient of restitution relates to energy loss
How to use Newton’s Law of Restitution together with conservation of momentum
What happens during elastic and inelastic impacts
Describe what happens when an object impacts a surface at an arbitrary angle
Explain what is meant by the relative velocity of objects
Find the speeds of objects after a direct collision
Why rotated axes are beneficial for oblique collisions
Find the speeds of objects after an oblique collision
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Keywords
impact
coefficient of restitution
Newton’s Law of Restitution
elastic
inelastic
relative velocity
oblique collision
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