Relationships (Velocity and momentum)

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Homework Statement


the info/problem are in the attached images


Homework Equations





The Attempt at a Solution


i'm not sure what to state.
 
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  • Table of collision data with columns for object, mass (kg), initial and final velocity (m/s), change in velocity, initial and final momentum (kg·m/s), and change in momentum. Rows show blue (2.00 kg) and green (4.00 kg) objects, then a second blue row at 2.00 kg with final velocity 1.50 m/s.
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  • Table row of blue handwritten values under a green mass column: 6.00, 3.00, 4.50, 1.5, 18, 27, 9, followed by questions a and b asking about relationships between the blue mass and green mass in velocity and momentum.
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If all you are given is the data in the chart you post, you cannot say anything about there being a physical relationship. All you can say is that the blue objects velocity decreased by four while the green objects velocity increased by 2. That is, the blue objects velocity increase was -2 times the green objects velocity increase.
 
i forgot to add that this is part of a collision simulator