A blue car with mass mc = 497 kg is moving east witha speed of vc = 16 m/s and collides with a purple truckwith mass mt = 1336 kg that is moving south with anunknown speed. The two collide and lock together after thecollision moving at an angle of θ = 51° South of East
1)
What is the magnitude of the initial momentum of the car?
kg-m/s
2)
What is the magnitude of the initial momentum of the truck?
kg-m/s
3)
What is the speed of the truck before the collision?
m/s
4)
What is the magnitude of the momentum of the car-truckcombination immediately after the collision?
kg-m/s
5)
What is the speed of the car-truck combination immediately afterthe collision?
m/s
6)
Compare the magnitude of the TOTAL momentum of the system beforeand after the collision:
