Answer to Question #242074 in General Chemistry for Maetot

Question

Analysis:

1. What will happen to your number of hits and misses if the marbles were twice as large? What if they 

were 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.