A 110-kg rugby player is sliding on a muddy field at a speed of2 m/s toward the right as a 82-kg player is slipping at a speed of3 m/s toward the left. As the two players collide, they grab ontoeach other and slide away together as one.
What kind of collision was this?
Set up the conservation of linear momentum for this collision,and determine the shared velocity (magnitude & direction) ofthe players immediately after the collision.
Would the players' total kinetic energy before the collision beequal to their total kinetic energy after? yes/no
