At the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive a yellow, subcompact car with mass 850 kg traveling east on University collides with a maroon pickup truck with mass 1800 kg that is traveling north on Texas and ran a red light (Figure 1). The two vehicles stick together as a result of the collision and, after the collision, the wreckage is sliding at 16.0 m/s in the direction 24 east Figure C1 of 1 Y7பாவth)® 24.0" 16.0m's reast) Copyright 2020 Pearson Education

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At the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive
a yellow, subcompact car with mass 850 kg traveling
east on University collides with a maroon pickup truck
with mass 1800 kg that is traveling north on Texas and
ran a red light (Figure 1). The two vehicles stick together
as a result of the collision and, after the collision, the
wreckage is sliding at 16.0 m/s in the direction 24 east
Figure
C1 of 1
Y7பாவth)®
24.0"
16.0m's
reast)
Copyright 2020 Pearson Education
Transcribed Image Text:At the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive a yellow, subcompact car with mass 850 kg traveling east on University collides with a maroon pickup truck with mass 1800 kg that is traveling north on Texas and ran a red light (Figure 1). The two vehicles stick together as a result of the collision and, after the collision, the wreckage is sliding at 16.0 m/s in the direction 24 east Figure C1 of 1 Y7பாவth)® 24.0" 16.0m's reast) Copyright 2020 Pearson Education
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