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A car with mass 1.56 10³ kg traveling east at a speed of 23.6 m/s collides at an intersection with a 2.45 10³ kg van traveling north at a speed of 21.1 m/s, as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the wreckage after the collision, assuming that the vehicles undergo a perfectly inelastic collision (that is, they stick together) and assuming that friction between the vehicles and the road can be neglected.

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Given values:

Mass of the car, $m_{car} = 1560 kg$

Mass of the van, $m_{van} = 2450 kg$

Speed of the car along east, $v_{cx} = 23.6 m / s$

Speed of the car along north, $v_{cy} = 0 m / s$

Speed of the van along east, $v_{vx} = 0 m / s$

Speed of the van along north, $v_{vy} = 21.1 m / s$

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