Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Luigi Fortunati Newsgroups: sci.physics.research Subject: Re: Inertia and third principle Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2024 09:56:42 PDT Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 16 Approved: Jonathan Thornburg [remove -color to reply]" References: Reply-To: fortunati.luigi@gmail.com X-Trace: individual.net RTu//acLa7sjhmv//+3epwsFwagLerpBSKaOViHYMRMfIhmg5bSmh/Afjm Cancel-Lock: sha1:i5YOKSoDoLRQnGi+ciHtwzxRV8Q= sha256:5LrCLNVTUQPmpCxX218pTpg4CT9u5fuYDd+P+EZk8+Q= X-Forwarded-Encrypted: i=2; AJvYcCUwx/ljIgXnRAhDWkVgBLoC8hTkkJkBZqJhxCVsZbrssdQSt59HPQNiJsaOC4uimWfs3Hjt4axD5po/gdh77i5Eytcp5IdlThk= X-Auth-Sender: U2FsdGVkX1+Azc3XlJakuoAPVwZ/JD3ysTHxZjwtSfaxK3kZoUIX9Si0MBMRkoHa X-ICQ: 1931503972 Bytes: 1726 In my animation https://www.geogebra.org/m/qterew9m the momentum of body A before the collision is p=mv=15v. After the collision, the momentum of body A is reduced to p=m*(1/4)v=15*(1/4)v=(15/4)v=3.75v During the collision, body A lost a momentum equal to 15v-3.75v=11.25v Where did this momentum lost by body A during the collision go? Luigi Fortunati [[Mod. note -- Hint: What is body B's mass? What was its velocity before the collision? What is its velocity after the collision? -- jt]]