A 3.0 Mg car going at 18 m/s collides with a 6.0 Mg truck at rest. The collision is totally inelastic and takes place over an interval of 500 ms. a) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the car? b) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the truck? c) What is the absolute value of the ratio of the average acceleration of the car to that of the truck: x = lacar V latruckl?

A 3.0 Mg car going at 18 m/s collides with a 6.0 Mg truck at rest. The collision is totally inelastic and takes place over an interval of 500 ms. a) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the car? b) What is the magnitude of the average acceleration of the truck? c) What is the absolute value of the ratio of the average acceleration of the car to that of the truck: x = lacar V latruckl?

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter9: Momentum And Its Conservation

Section9.1: Impulse And Momentum

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