Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Technology Update
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Author: SERWAY, Raymond A.; Jewett, John W.
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Chapter 9, Problem 22P
A 1 200-kg car traveling initially at vCi = 25.0 m/s in an easterly direction crashes into the back of a 9 000-kg truck moving in the same direction at vTi = 20.0 m/s (Fig. P9.12). The velocity of the car immediately after the collision is vCf = 18.0 m/s to the east. (a) What is the velocity of the truck immediately after the collision? (b) What is the change in mechanical energy of the car–truck system in the collision? (c) Account for this change in mechanical energy.
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