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19 July, 20:40

A car of mass 1800 kg collides with a truck of mass 5200 kg, and just after the collision the car and truck slide along, stuck together, with no rotation. The car's velocity just before the collision was m/s, and the truck's velocity just before the collision was m/s. Use the concept of the center-of-momentum reference frame.

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  1. 19 July, 20:53
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    Elastic collision is said to occur if the total kinetic energy is not conserved and if there is a rebound after collision

    Step one

    Analysis of the problem

    Immediately after impact the car's velocity was zero making it a perfect elastic collision

    Step two

    Given

    Mass of car M1=1800kg

    Mass of truck M2=5200kg

    Initial velocity of Car U1=44m/s

    Initial velocity of truck U2=21m/s

    Final velocity of car V1 = 0m/s

    Final velocity of truck V2=20m/s

    Step three

    According to the principle of conservation of momentum

    Total momentum before collision

    =M1U1+M2U2

    Total momentum after impact

    =M1V1+M2V2

    M1U1+M2U2 = M1V1+M2V2

    Substituting our data into the expression we have 1500*44+5800*21=1500*0+5800*20

    =66000+1218000=11600

    1284000=11600

    From the solution the momentum before impact is 1284000Ns

    Momentum after impact is 11600Ns

    This is indicating that after impact there was loss in momentum as a result of the car having a velocity of zero
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