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A small car of mass m, is traveling due north when it collides with a pick-up truck of mass m,
which was traveling due east. After the collision the two vehicles move off together at an
angle 0 north of east (in the horizontal x-y plane). The driver of the car claimed that the truck
driver was at fault because he was exceeding the speed limit, going with a velocity v,. If this
were true, what was the car's initial velocity?
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Transcribed Image Text:A small car of mass m, is traveling due north when it collides with a pick-up truck of mass m, which was traveling due east. After the collision the two vehicles move off together at an angle 0 north of east (in the horizontal x-y plane). The driver of the car claimed that the truck driver was at fault because he was exceeding the speed limit, going with a velocity v,. If this were true, what was the car's initial velocity? Top view х
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