A stationary vehicle with a mass of 900 kg was hit from the rear by a 450-kg vehicle and become entangled, moving along the same path as the moving vehicle. If the smaller automobile was traveling at 15 m/s before the collision. a. What is the speed of the entangled cars after the collision? b. What is its final speed if we exchange the masses of the cars?

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A stationary vehicle with a mass of 900 kg was hit from the rear by a 450-kg vehicle and become entangled, moving along the same path as the moving vehicle. If the smaller automobile was traveling at 15 m/s before the collision.

a. What is the speed of the entangled cars after the collision?

b. What is its final speed if we exchange the masses of the cars?

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