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Momentum versus time for Cart 1 and Cart 2 before, during, and after a collision.
Momentum versus time for Cart 1 and Cart 2 before, during, and after a collision.
Two carts travel along a horizontal, frictionless surface and collide. A motion sensor records the momentum of each cart as a function of time, as shown in the graph. Which of the following statements correctly interprets the physical quantities represented by the graph during the collision interval from \(t = 0.2\text{ s}\) to \(t = 0.4\text{ s}\)?

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