Answer to Question #241789 in General Chemistry for Yanyan

Question

What will happen to your hits and misses if the marbles is twice as large? What If they half as large?

Answer 1

When the marbles collide, Newton's third law tells us that the force each exerts on the other is equal in strength and opposite in direction. Because the masses are the same, Newton's second law tells us that the acceleration of the balls during the collision will also be equal and opposite.

The height of the ramp will change the speed and distance the ball rolls because when the ramp is higher, the ball will be higher. ... The weight of the Marble will affect the distance it roll and also the speed at which it rolls at.

The marble will travel faster when the height of the inclined plane was raised. Therefore, raising the inclined plane increases the speed of the marble rolling down the inclined plane, and the greater distance it will travel

What would happen if the smaller marble was let go at twice the height of the larger one? Why?The smaller one would roll farther because it has less mass then the bigger one.