A car with a mass of 1.49 x10³ kg traveling east at a speed of 20.2 m/s collides at an intersection with a 2.59 x10³ kg van traveling north at a speed of 20.8 m/s, as shown in the figure. Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of the wreckage after the collision, assuming that the vehicles undergo a perfectly inelastic collision (that is, they stick together) and assuming that friction between the vehicles and the road can be neglected.

magnitude	m/s
direction	° counterclockwise from the +x-axis

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To solve this problem we can apply the principle of conservation of momentum in two dimensions The total momentum before the collision is equal to the ... View the full answer