Unfortunately I did not record the height or even check if the air track was level and I am not able to redo the experiment because of a lack of time. I will write about this in my lab report though as something I could have done better so thank you.
Thank you for the help. I did not ensure that the air track was level so I can write about that in my lab report as something I could change. So I came to the conclusion that the observed decrease in momentum and kinetic energy was due to the heat lost due to friction between the photogates but...
I did not do that actually. How would I use math to apply that to the kinetic energy or momentum in this collision? Would it make sense to call a change of kinetic energy from 36.2 J to 31.5 J negligible because of the friction in the system and therefore conclude that the collision was still...
In my experiment I am performing a collision with two carts with magnets attached with photogates and a labquest on an air track. I pushed the carts together and made sure that the carts did not come into contact. Based on my knowledge of collisions, I believed that the collision would have been...