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A car of mass M and a small truck of mass 3M are travelling along two roads perpendicular to each other as shown.The car and the truck collide at the intersection at O.
The speed of the truck just before collision is VT =15.0m/s. Immediately after the collision, the wreckage moves as a single mass with Vf =12.0m/s as shown.
Using conservation of momentum:
[a] Find the value (in degrees) of θ?
A car of mass M and a small truck of mass 3M are travelling along two roads perpendicular to each other as shown.The car and the truck collide at the intersection at O.
The speed of the truck just before collision is VT =15.0m/s. Immediately after the collision, the wreckage moves as a single mass with Vf =12.0m/s as shown.
[b] What is Vc, the speed (in m/s)of the car just before collision?