Friday, August 12, 2011

What is the Final Speed?

A 1260 kg Triumph TR-8 traveling south at 44.60 km/hr crashes head-on into a 1970 kg Checker cab moving north at 98.0 km/hr. If, immediately after the collision, the two cars remain tangled together but free to coast, what is their final speed (m/s)? (For your own interest: describe their motion.)

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