A police car with a mass of 1800 kg is going West at 60 km/h when it has an inelastic collision with a southbound 4500 k

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A police car with a mass of 1800 kg is going West at 60 km/h when it has an inelastic collision with a southbound 4500 k

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A police car with a mass of 1800 kg is going West at 60 km/hwhen it has an inelastic collision with a southbound 4500 kgambulance. The wreckage ended up traveling at 45 km/h at 56° southof west
a) How would you draw a vector diagram of this collision? (labeland indicate direction)
b)How would you find the initial velocity of this collision?
c) is this collision inelastic or elastic?
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