In: Physics
This problem is one-dimensional. A car of mass m1 has velocity v1. A truck of mass m2 has velocity v2.
a. What is the total kinetic energy K? What is the total momentum p?
b. The car and the truck collide and stick together. What is the total momentum p?
c. What is the velocity of the car and truck?
d. What is the total kinetic energy K′ of the car and truck?
e. How much energy Q is lost as heat?