A 1,400 kg car traveling at 31 m/s has a head-on collision with a 55,000 kg tank traveling at 5.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the final velocity of the two vehicles if they stick together? Your answer: O 4.1 m/s O 5.6 m/s O 18 m/s O none of these (the answer is not close to any of these)

A 1,400 kg car traveling at 31 m/s has a head-on collision with a 55,000 kg tank traveling at 5.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the final velocity of the two vehicles if they stick together? Your answer: O 4.1 m/s O 5.6 m/s O 18 m/s O none of these (the answer is not close to any of these)

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Chapter6: Momentum, Impulse, And Collisions

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A 1,400 kg car traveling at 31 m/s has a head-on collision with a 55,000 kg tank traveling at 5.0 m/s. What is the magnitude of the final velocity of the two vehicles if
they stick together?
Your answer:
4.1 m/s
5.6 m/s
18 m/s
none of these (the answer is not close to any of these)

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