A truck with a mass of 1790 kg and moving with a speed of 17.5 m/s rear-ends a 833 kg car stopped at an intersection. The collision is approximately elastic since the car is in neutral, the brakes are off, the metal bumpers line up well and do not get damaged. Find the speed of both vehicles after the collision in meters per second. m/s m/s Vtruck UNIL

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A truck with a mass of 1790 kg and moving with a speed of 17.5 m/s rear-ends a 833 kg car stopped at an intersection. The collision is approximately elastic since the car is in neutral, the brakes are off,
the metal bumpers line up well and do not get damaged. Find the speed of both vehicles after the collision in meters per second.
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Transcribed Image Text:A truck with a mass of 1790 kg and moving with a speed of 17.5 m/s rear-ends a 833 kg car stopped at an intersection. The collision is approximately elastic since the car is in neutral, the brakes are off, the metal bumpers line up well and do not get damaged. Find the speed of both vehicles after the collision in meters per second. m/s m/s Vtruck
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