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Chapter 6, Problem 44P
A 1200-kg car traveling initially with a speed of 25.0 m/s in an easterly direction crashes into the rear end of a 9 000-kg truck moving in the same direction at 20.0 m/s (Fig. P6.44). The velocity of the car right after the collision is 18.0 m/s to the east, (a) What is the velocity of the truck right after the collision? (b) How much mechanical energy is lost in the collision? Account for this loss in energy.
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A 1 200-kg car traveling initially with a speed of 25.0 m/s in an easterly direction crashes into the rear end of a 9 000-kg truck moving in the same direction at 20.0 m/s (Fig. P6.42). The velocity of the car right after the collision is 18.0 m/s to the east. (a) What is the velocity of the truck right after the collision? (b) How much mechanical energy is lost in the collision? Account for this loss in energy.
A 2.0-kg object moves to the right with a speed of 4.0 m/s. It collides in a perfectly elastic head-on collision with a 5.0-kg object at rest. (a) What is the total kinetic energy after the collision? (b) What is the speed of the 2.0-kg object after the collision? (c) What is the speed of the 5.0-kg object after the collision?
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