This question is about trucks from a small train in a park: One truck, mass 240 kg,

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This question is about trucks from a small train in a park:


One truck, mass 240 kg, is given a push and released at a speed of 3 m/s. It collides with a bigger, stationary truck of mass 360 kg and links with it. Calculate the following, assuming that there is no friction to oppose the motion of the trucks.

a. The momentum of the smaller truck before the collision.

b. The total momentum of the trucks after they have combined.

c. The total mass of the trucks after they have combined.

d. The speed of the trucks after they have combined.

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