A 2035 kg Oldsmobile traveling east on Saginaw Street at 15.8 m/s is unable to stop on the ice covered intersection for a red light at Abbott Road. The car collides with a 4012 kg truck hauling animal feed north on Abbott at 10.5 m/s. The two vehicles remain locked together after the impact.

Required:
Calculate the velocity of the wreckage immediately after the impact.

Respuesta :

The velocity of the wreckage immediately after the impact is mathematically given as

v=12.284m/s

The velocity of the wreckage

Question Parameters:

A 2035 kg Oldsmobile traveling east on Saginaw Street at 15.8 m/s is unable to stop on the ice covered intersection for a red light at Abbott Road.

The car collides with a 4012 kg truck hauling animal feed north on Abbott at 10.5 m/s

Generally the equation for the speed after collision   is mathematically given as

mu +MU = ( m + M) v

Therefore

v = ( 2035*15.8 + 4012*10.5 ) / ( 2035+ 4012)

v=12.284m/s

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