Spring Constant from Momentum Conservation
You will be presented with two Vernier Dynamics carts that are originally at rest. A spring activated plunger will force these two carts to move apart. You will use momentum and energy conservation to find the spring constant of the spring that causes this separation to occur

The green carts have a mass of 500 g when empty

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Spring Constant from Momentum Conservation
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Click on the little black button on the top front of the right-hand car to activate the spring loaded plunger that will propel the cars apart
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Momentum of Car 1 (kg•m/s):
Total KE (J):
Spring Constant (N/m):
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