Two automobiles approach an intersection. One vehicle is traveling with mass= 1500 kg and velocity 15.0 m/s toward the east, and the other is traveling north with mass= 1550 kg and velocity v2i. Neither driver sees the other. The vehicles collide in the intersection and stick together, leaving skid marks at an angle of 50° north of east. The speed limit for both roads is 35 mi/h( 15.6 m/s), and the driver of the northward-moving vehicle claims he was within the limit when the collision occurred. If the entire collision takes place over 10s, what is the average power dissipated by the collision?

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Two automobiles approach an intersection. One vehicle is traveling with mass= 1500 kg and velocity 15.0 m/s toward the east, and the other is traveling north with mass= 1550 kg and velocity v2i. Neither driver sees the other. The vehicles collide in the intersection and stick together, leaving skid marks at an angle of 50° north of east. The speed limit for both roads is 35 mi/h( 15.6 m/s), and the driver of the northward-moving vehicle claims he was within the limit when the collision occurred. 

If the entire collision takes place over 10s, what is the average power dissipated by the collision?

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