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A 3-Kg toy car travelling initially with a speed of 20.0 m/s in the east direction...

A 3-Kg toy car travelling initially with a speed of 20.0 m/s in the east direction crashes into a 5.0 kg toy truck moving in the west direction 30.0m/s The velocity of the car right after the collision is 15.0m/s to the west. What is the velocity of the truck right after the collision.

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Concept - here we use conservation of momentum to find the final velocity of the truck as shown below,

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genius_generous answered 2 years ago
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