A truck with a mass of 1600 kg and moving with a speed of 14.5 m/s rear-ends a 827 kg car stopped at an intersection. Th

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A Truck With A Mass Of 1600 Kg And Moving With A Speed Of 14 5 M S Rear Ends A 827 Kg Car Stopped At An Intersection Th 1 (226.88 KiB) Viewed 12 times

A truck with a mass of 1600 kg and moving with a speed of 14.5 m/s rear-ends a 827 kg car stopped at an intersection. The collision is approximately elastic since the car is in neutral, the brakes are off, the metal bumpers line up well and do not get damaged. Find the speed of both vehicles after the collision in meters per second. m/s V car = 19.44 Vtruck 4.94 X = See if you can write a statement of conservation of momentum and a statement of conservation of energy. Each of these two statements will contain the two unknowns (final speed of the truck and car) and you may solve them simultaneously to obtain expressions which will allow you to determine the final speed of the two vehicles. m/s