A car of mass m moving at a speed v 1 collides and coupleswith the back of a truck of mass 2m moving initially in the samedirection as the car at a lower speed v 2. (a) What is the speedvf of the two vehicles immediately after the collision? (b) Whatis the change in kinetic energy of the car–truck system in thecollision?

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A car of mass m moving at a speed v 1 collides and couples
with the back of a truck of mass 2m moving initially in the same
direction as the car at a lower speed v 2. (a) What is the speed
vf of the two vehicles immediately after the collision? (b) What
is the change in kinetic energy of the car–truck system in the
collision?

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