A 6,100-kg truck runs into the rear of a 1,000-kg car that was stationary. The truck and car are locked together after the collision and move with speed 7 m/s. What was the speed of the truck before the collision? m/s
A 6,100-kg truck runs into the rear of a 1,000-kg car that was stationary. The truck and car are locked together after the collision and move with speed 7 m/s. What was the speed of the truck before the collision? m/s
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Transcribed Image Text:A 6,100-kg truck runs into the rear of a 1,000-kg car that was stationary. The truck and car are locked together after the collision and move with speed 7 m/s. What was the speed of the
truck before the collision?
m/s
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As per the conservation law of momentum,
Here, p, m, and v represent the momentum, the mass, and the velocity, respectively.
Here, the subscript T, C, and TC represent the truck, the car, and the locked truck and car, respectively.
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