As shown in the figure below, cars #1 and #2 are sliding across a horizontal frictionless surface. 100 Pri 40 m₂ V2i The
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As shown in the figure below, cars #1 and #2 are sliding across a horizontal frictionless surface. 100 Pri 40 m₂ V2i The cars are equipped with a coupling arrangement similar to the one on railroad cars. Car #1 overtakes car #2 and they have a totally inelastic collision and become coupled together. You know the mass of each car; m₁ = 18.0 kg and m₂ = 49.0 kg. In addition, you are provided with the following graph, which shows the momentum of car #1 before, during and after the collision. p (kg. m/s) m₂ Determine the velocity (in m/s) of car #2 before the collision. t (s)