Nicolaus Copernicus was considered the <span>"Father of Astronomy" because he believed the earth was the center of the solar system. The rest of the choices do not answer the question above.</span>
C). I think! Hope this helps!!
Answer:
Explanation:
Using conservation law of momentum
let m₁ = mass of the railroad, initial u₁ = 3.49 m/s
let m₂ = mass of one of the coupled car, u₂= 1.28m/s
let m₃ = mass of the second car u₃ = 1.28 m/s
m₁u₁ + m₂u₂ + m₃u₃ = v ( m₁ + m₂ + m₃)
since the masses are the same
m₁ = m₂ = m₃
m ( 3.49 + 1.28 + 1.28) = 3m v
6.05 m = 3 mv
v = 6.05 m / 3m = 2.0167 m/s
b) kinetic energy lost = energy before collision - energy after collision
= (0.5m₁u₁² + 0.5 ( m₁+m₂) u₂² - 0.5 ( m₁ + m₂ + m₃) v
= (6.58365 + 1.7712) - 6.5951 = 1.76J
The net force of a pair of balanced forces is zero
