A 1200 kg car traveling at 10 m/s overtakes a 1000 kg car traveling at 8 m/s and collides with it. (a) If the two cars stick together, what is their final velocity? (b) How much kinetic energy is lost? What percentage of the original KE is this?

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A 1200 kg car traveling at 10 m/s overtakes a 1000 kg car traveling at 8 m/s and collides
with it. (a) If the two cars stick together, what is their final velocity? (b) How much
kinetic energy is lost? What percentage of the original KE is this?
Transcribed Image Text:A 1200 kg car traveling at 10 m/s overtakes a 1000 kg car traveling at 8 m/s and collides with it. (a) If the two cars stick together, what is their final velocity? (b) How much kinetic energy is lost? What percentage of the original KE is this?
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