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A 135-kg rugby player running east with a speed of 4.00 m/s tackles a 99.0-kg opponent running north with a speed of 3.90 m/s. Assume the tackle is a perfectly inelastic collision. (Assume that the +x axis points towards the east and the +y axis points towards the
north.)
(a) What is the velocity of the players immediately after the tackle?
magnitude
m/s
direction
° counterclockwise from the +x axis
(b) What is the amount of mechanical energy lost during the collision?
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Transcribed Image Text:A 135-kg rugby player running east with a speed of 4.00 m/s tackles a 99.0-kg opponent running north with a speed of 3.90 m/s. Assume the tackle is a perfectly inelastic collision. (Assume that the +x axis points towards the east and the +y axis points towards the north.) (a) What is the velocity of the players immediately after the tackle? magnitude m/s direction ° counterclockwise from the +x axis (b) What is the amount of mechanical energy lost during the collision?
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