3. A pick up truck that is 5000kg is moving at 5m/s East and it collided with a 20000kg car moving at 30m/s in a direction 30degrees South of West. After collision, the two vehicles remained tangled together. With what speed and in what direction does the wreckage begin to move?

3. A pick up truck that is 5000kg is moving at 5m/s East and it collided with a 20000kg car moving at 30m/s in a direction 30degrees South of West. After collision, the two vehicles remained tangled together. With what speed and in what direction does the wreckage begin to move?

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