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maw [93]
3 years ago
7

4. A 1200 kg car traveling North at 20.0 m/s collides with a 1400 kg car traveling South at 22.0 m/s. The two

Physics
1 answer:
Dvinal [7]3 years ago
7 0

Answer:-2.61 m/s

Explanation:

This problem can be solved by the Conservation of Momentum principle, which establishes that the initial momentum p_{o} must be equal to the final momentum p_{f}:

p_{o}=p_{f} (1)

Where:

p_{o}=mV_{o}+MU_{o} (2)

p_{f}=(m+M)V_{f} (3)

m=1200 kg is the mass of the first car

V_{o}=20 m/s is the velocity of the first car, to the North

M=1400 kg is the mass of the second car

U_{o}=-22 m/s is the mass of the second car, to the South

V_{f} is the final velocity of both cars after the collision

mV_{o}+MU_{o}=(m+M)V_{f} (4)

Isolating V_{f}:

V_{f}=\frac{mV_{o}+MU_{o}}{m+M} (5)

V_{f}=\frac{(1200 kg)(20 m/s)+(1400 kg)(-22 m/s)}{1200 kg+1400 kg} (6)

Finally:

V_{f}=-2.61 m/s (7) This is the resulting velocity of the wreckage, to the south

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