本题目来源于试卷: 2007美国US F=MA物理竞赛，类别为 美国F=MA物理竞赛
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A particle moves along the x-ax etn + oak+/(uxmd5 nk0 05ny pp*wkhb6is. I wxc9l wh- dw.4t collides elastically head-on with an identical xlhw w94c. wd-particle initially at rest. Which of the following graphs could illustrate the momentum of each particle as a function of time? 
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参考答案: D
本题详细解析:
In a one-dimensional,ehfv 7)bqcn)1q oo v(u3qwm )8 elastic collision between two identical masses (particle 1 and particle 2), where particle 2 is initialf1 no)q b7 qh)cvuom q3)w(ve8ly at rest, the particles "swap" velocities.
This means particle 1, which had initial momentum $p_1$, comes to a complete stop ($p_{1,f} = 0$).
Particle 2, which had initial momentum $p_2=0$, moves off with particle 1's initial momentum ($p_{2,f} = p_1$).
Graph (d) illustrates this perfectly: one particle's momentum drops from a positive value to zero, while the other's momentum jumps from zero to that same positive value.
Total momentum is conserved at all times.
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