Question

At a crossing a truck travelling towards the north collides with a car travelling towards the east. After the collision the car and the truck stick together and move off at an angle of 30 º east of north. If the speed of the car before the collision was 20 ms−1, and the mass of the truck is twice the mass of the car, calculate the speed of the truck before and after the collision.

23 Jan 2018
Answer :
Word Count : 108

Let us apply momentum conservation law

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Thus

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