A car with a mass of 1.5 × 103 kilograms is traveling west at a velocity of 22 meters/second. It hits a stationary car with a mass of 9.0 × 102 kilograms. If the collision is inelastic, what is the final direction and approximate velocity of the two cars?
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Answer 1
Answer:
A. 14 meters/second to the west
Explanation:
The collision is inelastic, which means that:
- only the total momentum is conserved (not the kinetic energy)