A 2000 kg semitruck traveling East at 18 m/s and crashes into a 1300 kg car...

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A 2000 kg semitruck traveling East at 18 m/s and crashes into a 1300 kg car traveling at 15.5 m/s to the North. The vehicles get stuck together and travel together for a short distance. What is the velocity (direction and magnitude) of the cars immediately after the collision? Magnitude: Direction: degrees Select an answer A 2000 kg semitruck traveling East at 18 m/s and crashes into a 1300 kg car traveling at 15.5 m/s to the North. The vehicles get stuck together and travel together for a short distance. What is the velocity (direction and magnitude) of the cars immediately after the collision? Magnitude: Direction: degrees Select an answer

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To solve this problem we can use the law of conservation of momentum The momentum of the system befo... View the full answer