Question: At the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive, a yellow subcompact car with mass 950 kg traveling east on University collides with a red

At the intersection of Texas Avenue and University Drive, a yellow subcompact car with mass 950 kg traveling east on University collides with a red pickup truck with mass 1900 kg that is traveling north on Texas and ran a red light (Fig. 837). The two vehicles stick together as a result of the collision, and the wreckage slides at 16.0 mi. in the direction 24.0 east of north. Calcula1e the speed of each vehicle before the collision. The collision occurs during a heavy rainstorm; you can ignore friction forces between the vehicles and the wet road.

At the intersection of Texas Avenue

y (north) 24.0 16.0 m/s x (east)

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