At a traffic signal light, a large truck of mass 2834.00 kg collides with a small car of mass 833 kg at rest on a horizontal road. The truck comes to an instantaneous stop; the car slides straight ahead, coming to a stop after sliding 12.00 meters. The measured coefficient of friction between the car's tires and the road was o.62. (a) What is the speed of the car immediately after the collision? m/s 12.1 (b)How fast was the truck moving at the moment of impact? 3-55 m/s

At a traffic signal light, a large truck of mass 2834.00 kg collides with a small car of mass 833 kg at rest on a horizontal road. The truck comes to an instantaneous stop; the car slides straight ahead, coming to a stop after sliding 12.00 meters. The measured coefficient of friction between the car's tires and the road was o.62. (a) What is the speed of the car immediately after the collision? m/s 12.1 (b)How fast was the truck moving at the moment of impact? 3-55 m/s

College Physics

11th Edition

ISBN:9781305952300

Author:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Publisher:Raymond A. Serway, Chris Vuille

Chapter1: Units, Trigonometry. And Vectors

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