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Collision Lab
Two carts collide on a track; momentum, energy and the centre of mass update live.
About this simulation
Set each cart's mass and velocity and the restitution e, from perfectly elastic to perfectly inelastic. Momentum is conserved every time; kinetic energy only when e = 1. The centre-of-mass marker glides through the collision at constant velocity — the anchor students most often miss.