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Quick questions on Newton's laws and momentum: conservation, impulse and collisions - OCR A-Level Physics A

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What are newton's three laws?
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The momentum form of the second law is the more general statement and is essential where mass changes or where a force acts over a time interval.
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State Newton's second law in terms of momentum. [1 mark]
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A 0.40 kg0.40\ \text{kg} ball moving at 5.0 m s15.0\ \text{m s}^{-1} is stopped in 0.10 s0.10\ \text{s}. Find the average force. [2 marks]
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State the difference between an elastic and an inelastic collision. [2 marks]

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