I'm currently taking a modern physics course, I came across this problem which really threw me off guard:
Three spaceships A, B, and C are in motion as shown in the figure. The commander on ship B observes ship C approaching with a relative velocity of 0.83c. The commander also observes ship A...
Thank you.
Well I can think of conservation of momentum in elastic collisions which means that the first object will stop completely and the second object will gain all the momentum and move at a speed of 72 m/s.
I already attempted to solve it this way and assumed that the spring is completely...
Homework Statement
Two carts collide.
Cart A has a mass of 300 Kg and a velocity of 24 m/s.
Cart B has a mass of 100 Kg and is stationary.
Both carts have 20 m springs on them. Assume that the two carts exert no force on each other until the springs touch at a separation of d= 40 m, and...