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This tag is for questions relating to collision which is the interaction between two or more bodies that results in physical contact and an exchange of momentum between the bodies involved. When it happens, kinetic energy is often exchanged between the molecules’ translational motion and their internal degrees of freedom.
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How is momentum conserved in the case of a ballistic pendulum collision?
To my knowledge, momentum is conserved when net external force equals zero.
In the case of a block $m_1$ attached to a string hitting another block $m_2$, there must be a net force on $m_1$, which wou …