A 1200-kg car traveling initially with a speed of 25.0 m/s in an easterly direction crashes into the rear end of a 9 000-kg truck moving in the same direction at 20.0 m/s (Fig. P6.44). The velocity of the car right after the collision is 18.0 m/s to the east. (a) What is the velocity of the truck right after the collision? (b) How much mechanical energy is lost in the colli- sion? Account for this loss in energy. +20.0 m/s +25.0 m/s +18.0 m/s Before After Figure P6.44

Problem: You are lead engineer on the design of a crash test apparatus that verifies collisions of varying types. A m = 2 kg mass, when suspended above from a light-weight wire of L = 1.5 m, is first released at an angle of 90°, and correspondingly a height h = L. The tethered ball swings toward the waiting block of M = 4 kg. collides, then rebounds back to an angle of 0 = 32°. In this case, the collision between m and M is elastic, which prompts M's rightwards motion a distance of Ax = 2.1 m, from which the coefficient of kinetic friction between the block and surface on which it is slid is determined. m L h 0 M

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A 8.3-kg falcon catches a 2.5-kg dove from behind in midair. What is their velocity in unit of m/s after impact if the falcon’s velocity is initially 42 m/s and the dove’s velocity is 1.8 m/s in the same direction?