Momentum

Momentum is always conserved in elastic and inelastic collisions. In the simulations that were conducted what was changed was the mass of object 1 and 2, the velocity with the both objects, and whether or not the collision was elastic and inelastic. In all the trials that were conducted what was found was that the total momentum throughout the collision stayed the same. In the first trial the mass for both objects was 1 but the velocity for one was 1 and the other was 0, what happened to the total momentum was that it was one before and after the collision. With this trial it was an elastic collision which mean the objects would bounce apart. For the second trial it was an inelastic collision, which meant the objects would stick together, using the same masses and velocity as the previous trial what was found was that the total momentum in the beginning was 1 as well as in the end. In the next trials the mass was changed but the momentum was not because it stayed the same. From all the data that was collected it can be concluded that momentum is conserved in elastic and inelastic collisions.