For a Two-Body Collision, Involving Objects with Different Masses, a Frame

question 42

Multiple Choice

For a two-body collision, involving objects with different masses, a frame of reference which has the same velocity relative to the laboratory as does the center of mass of the two objects is:

• A)a frame for which the momentum of the incident object is zero
• B)a frame for which the momentum of the target object is zero
• C)a frame for which the average momentum of the two objects is zero
• D)a frame for which the total momentum of the two objects is zero
• E)none of the above