A car of mass m moving at a speed v, collides and couples with the back of a truck of mass 2m moving initially in the same direction as the car at a lower speed v,. (a) What is the speed v, of the two vehicles immediately after the collision? (b) What is the change in kinetic energy of the car-truck system in the collision?

A car of mass m moving at a speed v, collides and couples with the back of a truck of mass 2m moving initially in the same direction as the car at a lower speed v,. (a) What is the speed v, of the two vehicles immediately after the collision? (b) What is the change in kinetic energy of the car-truck system in the collision?

College Physics

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Chapter6: Momentum, Impulse, And Collisions

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