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Mr Davis 97
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When we use the conservation of momentum with, for example, collisions do we include the sign with the velocities or are the signs inherent in the quantity? For examples, would we write ##m_1v_1 = m_1v_1 + m_2v_2## or ##m_1v_1 = -m_1v_1 + m_2v_2## for a collision where a moving object hits a stationary one and then moves backwards while the stationary object moves forward.