A 25-ton railroad car moving at 2.5 mi/h is to be coupled to a 50 ton car

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A 25-ton railroad car moving at 2.5 mi/h is to be coupled to a 50 ton car which is at rest with locked wheels.

A 25-ton railroad car moving at 2.5 mi/h is to

Determine
(a) The Velocity of both cars after the coupling is completed,
(b) The time it takes for both cars to come to rest.

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Vector Mechanics for Engineers Statics and Dynamics

ISBN: 978-0073398242

11th edition

Authors: Ferdinand Beer, E. Russell Johnston Jr., David Mazurek, Phillip Cornwell, Brian Self

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