SCENE 5: MOMENTUM

From the screenshots above, in the scene, the white tiger is chasing the brown tiger.
After that, the white tiger crash on the brown tiger and they collided together and slide
along the ground.
When they collide, the physical concept that applied is momentum. The principle of
conservation of linear momentum states that for a closed system, the total linear
momentum is constant. Which means, for a collision occurring between object 1 and
object 2 in an isolated system, the total momentum of the two objects before the
collision is equal to the total momentum of the two objects after the collision. That
is, the momentum lost by object 1 is equal to the momentum gained by object 2.
Momentum is conserved in both elastic and inelastic collisions. Elastic collision, the
kinetic energy is conserved. In inelastic collisions, the kinetic energy is not conserved.
The bodies coalesce after collision and move with the same velocity.
Applying the principle of conservation of linear momentum,
Total momentum before collision = total momentum after collision.
m
a
u
a
+ m
b
u
b
= m
a
v
a
+ m
b
v
b
(elastic collision)
m
a
u
a
+ m
b
u
b
= (m
a
+m
b
)v (inelastic collision)

Based on the scene, let the white tiger be A and the brown tiger be B. When the white
tiger crash on the brown tiger, inelastic collision occurs as they slide on the ground
together.

+
U
A
U
B
V

This is because the kinetic energy is conserved in inelastic collision; both of the tigers
stick together when sliding on the ground in the same velocity.
To increase the momentum, the white tiger can increase its velocity by running faster
while chasing the brown tiger. Hence, based on the inelastic collision formula, when U
A
is increased, the total momentum will increase also.
A B A B