Answer: -3.49 m/s (to the south)
Explanation:
This problem can be solved by the Conservation of Momentum principle which establishes the initial momentum 
must be equal to the final momentum 
, and taking into account this is aninelastic collision:
Before the collision:
(1)
After the collision:
(2)
Where:
is the mass of the car
is the velocity of the car, directed to the north
is the mass of the truck
is the velocity of the truck, directed to the south
is the final velocity of both the car and the truck
(3)
(4)
Isolating :
(5)
(6)
Finally:
The negative sign indicates the direction of the velocity is to the south
Yes it is valid all the times under the consideration of acceleration due to gravity .it is not valid on space where there is no influence of gravity
Answer:
, the minus meaning west.
Explanation:
We know that linear momentum must be conserved, so it will be the same before (
) and after (
) the explosion. We will take the east direction as positive.
Before the explosion we have 
.
After the explosion we have pieces 1 and 2, so 
.
These equations must be vectorial but since we look at the instants before and after the explosions and the bomb fragments in only 2 pieces the problem can be simplified in one dimension with direction east-west.
Since we know momentum must be conserved we have:
Which means (since we want 
and 
):
So for our values we have:
A. it is <span>located at a distance of 2.6 million light years from earth</span>
The starting point for measuring motion is called : The Reference Point.
