A particle of mass m moving with a velocity u makes an elastic one dimensional collision with a stationary particle of mass m establishing a contact with it for extremely small time T. Their force of contact increases from zero to F0 linearly in time , remains constant for a further time and decreases linearly from F0 to zero in further time as shown. The magnitude possessed by F0 is
Change in momentum = Impulse
= Area under force-time graph
Area of trapezium