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A 1263 kg Polo vivo car traveling South as 40 km/h crashes head-on into a 1742 kg Audi CX-3 moving north at 90 km/h. If the two cars remain tangled together but free to coast, describe their motion immediately after the collision.              How much kinetic energy is lost

A 1263 kg Polo vivo car traveling South as 40 km/h crashes head-on into a 1742 kg Audi CX-3 moving north at 90 km/h. If the two cars remain tangled together but free to coast, describe their motion immediately after the collision.              How much kinetic energy is lost

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  1. A 1263 kg Polo vivo car traveling South as 40 km/h crashes head-on into a 1742 kg Audi CX-3 moving north at 90 km/h.

If the two cars remain tangled together but free to coast, describe their motion immediately after the collision.             

How much kinetic energy is lost

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