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Gravitational potential energy is an object that possesses because of its position in a gravitational field

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a. $v=3.11mls$ , $29.4^{0}$

b. $K.E =-697.8J$

Explanation:

To calculate the values in the question, a deep understanding of perfect inelastic collision is important.

When two bodies undergo inelastic collision, two important parameters must be well understood i.e

Momentum: the momentum is always conserved in perfectly inelastic collision. i.e the total momentum after collision is the sum of the individual momentum before collision

Kinetic energy: Kinetic energy is not conserved due to dissipative force.

a.To calculate the velocity, we first find the total momentum before collision

Momentum of player 1 $p_{1} =mv=95kg*5m/s\\p_{1} =475kgm/s\\$

Momentum of player 2 $p_{2} =mv=90kg*3m/s\\p_{1} =270kgm/s\\$

Hence the total momentum $p_{12}=p_{1}+p_{2}\\$

Note, since the direction of movement before collision is due south and due north respectively we have to represent the velocity using the rectangular coordinate

Hence $p_{12}=(m_{1}+m_{2})v=p_{1}i+p_{2}j\\$

$(95+90)v=475i+270j\\$

$v=2.57i+1.45j\\$

solving for the resultant velocity, we have

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To calculate the direction of movement, we have

$\alpha =tan^{-1}=\frac{v_{j} }{v_{i}}\\ \alpha =tan^{-1}=\frac{1.45}{2.57}\\\alpha =29.4^{0}$

b. to calculate the decrease in total kinetic energy, before collision, the total kinetic was

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