1answer.
Ask question
Login Signup
Ask question
All categories
  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Business
  • History
  • Health
  • Geography
  • Biology
  • Physics
  • Chemistry
  • Computers and Technology
  • Arts
  • World Languages
  • Spanish
  • French
  • German
  • Advanced Placement (AP)
  • SAT
  • Medicine
  • Law
  • Engineering
lions [1.4K]
3 years ago
12

Car a runs a red light and broadsides car b, which is stopped and waiting to make a left turn. car a has a mass of 1,800kg. car

b has a mass of 1,500kg. after the impact, the cars stick together and slide away at a speed of 7.1m/s. how fast was car a going when it hit car b?
Physics
1 answer:
frez [133]3 years ago
7 0

The law of conservation of momentum tells us that momentum is conserved, therefore total initial momentum should be equal to total final momentum. In this case, we can expressed this mathematically as:

mA vA + mB vB = m v

where, m is the mass in kg, v is the velocity in m/s

since m is the total mass, m = mA + mB, we can write the equation as:

mA vA + mB vB = (mA + mB) v

furthermore, car B was at a stop signal therefore vB = 0, hence

mA vA + 0 = (mA + mB) v

1800 (vA) = (1800 + 1500) (7.1 m/s)

<span>vA = 13.02 m/s</span>

You might be interested in
It takes brooke 10minutes to run 1 mile what is her speed in miles per minutes
hjlf

If you divide miles by minutes, the answer will have units of
miles per minute, which is exactly what you want.

(1 mile) / (10 minutes) = 1/10  mile/minute = 0.1 mile per minute


6 0
3 years ago
A ball is thrown upward. At a height of 10 meters above the ground, the ball has a potential energy of 50 joules (with the poten
lions [1.4K]

Answer:

 h = 20 m

Explanation:

given.

height, h = 10 m

Potential energy at 10 m = 50 J

Kinetic energy at 10 m = 50 J

maximum height the ball will reach, H = ?

Total energy of the system

T E = 50 J + 50 J

T E = 100 J

now,

A h = 10 m

P E = m g h

50 = m g x 10

mg = 5 ..............(1)

at the top most Point the only Potential energy will be acting on the body.

now, TE = Potential energy

 100 = m g h

5 h = 100

 h = 20 m

hence, the maximum height reached by the ball is equal to 20 m.

5 0
3 years ago
How does vacuum reduce thermal energy transfer
FrozenT [24]
The silver coating on the inner bottle prevents heat transfer by radiation, and the vacuum between its double wall prevents heat moving by convection. The thinness of the glass walls stops heat entering or leaving the flask by conduction.
3 0
2 years ago
Read 2 more answers
Which takes place as water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top?
Elenna [48]
The option that takes place as water cycles from the bottom of the pot toward the top is that A. thermal energy is transferred. 
As the pot gets warmer and warmer, the heat flows everywhere inside the pot, ultimately reaching the top, and heating the water at the top as well. There is no chemical energy here, and molecules don't gain thermal energy, it is just transferred to the top of the pot.
8 0
3 years ago
Read 2 more answers
This dude was sitting in the chair. Someone pulls the chair out from under him. He does not move in the direction of the chair.
Oksanka [162]

Answer:

This shows inertia because inertia is an object's resistance to change in motion. When the person (imma call them a she) who pulled the chair from under the guy did that, the chair was the one affected by the force of the girl, not the guy. The guy continued heading in the direction he was originally going, which was down.

At least, that's about how I would answer this question.

8 0
2 years ago
Other questions:
  • A light ray incident on a block of glass makes an incident angle of 50.0° with the normal to the surface. The refracted ray in t
    5·1 answer
  • A young girl gives her toboggan a push of 4.0m/s uphill. It slides up the hill slowing down at an acceleration of 8.0m/s down. I
    9·1 answer
  • What is the frequency of radiation whose wavelength is 0.80 nm ? express the frequency in inverse seconds to three significant d
    5·1 answer
  • Forces can be added together only if they are
    11·1 answer
  • Two equal forces result. explain why the box moves even thought the forces are equal and opposite
    10·1 answer
  • At a pressure of one billionth (10–9) of atmospheric pressure, there are about 2.7 × 1010 molecules in one cubic centimeter of a
    6·1 answer
  • If the current in a wire of a cd player is 12.0 ma, how long would it take for 6.50 c of charge to pass a point in this wire? an
    8·1 answer
  • Describe the transformation of mechanical energy in a ball when it is thrown straight up and then comes back down
    5·1 answer
  • camera was able to deliver 1.3 frames per second for this photo, and that the car has a length of approximately 5.3 meters. Usin
    5·1 answer
  • A distressed car is rolling backward, downhill at 3.0 m/s when its driver finally manages to
    14·1 answer
Add answer
Login
Not registered? Fast signup
Signup
Login Signup
Ask question!