A 1250 kg car is moving down the highway with a velocity of 32.0 m/s when it bumps into the car ahead of it which has a mass of 875 kg and a velocity of 25.0 m/s. After the collision, the two cars stick together. What will be the resulting velocity of the two cars together? How much energy will be lost in this collision?

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Kendra Lozano

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31 May, 19:33

A 1250 kg car is moving down the highway with a velocity of 32.0 m/s when it bumps into the car ahead of it which has a mass of 875 kg and a velocity of 25.0 m/s. After the collision, the two cars stick together. What will be the resulting velocity of the two cars together? How much energy will be lost in this collision?

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Ada Burton · Answer 1

First car has 0.0256 m/s per kg and the second one has 0,02857 m/s per kg. If both cars collide the resulting weight will be 2125 kg and both cars will be traveling at speed 0.027085 m/s per kg resulting in the speed 57.56 m/s