A truck moving west at a constant speed, in an inelastic collision, collides with a small car moving east at the same speed as the truck. Answer the following: 1) Which is greater, the change in momentum, the truck or the car?

A truck moving west at a constant speed, in an inelastic collision, collides with a small car moving east at the same speed as the truck. Answer the following: 1) Which is greater, the change in momentum, the truck or the car?

University Physics Volume 1

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Chapter9: Linear Momentum And Collisions

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A truck moving west at a
constant speed, in an
inelastic collision,
collides with a small car
moving east at the same
speed as the truck.
Answer the following:
1) Which is greater, the
change in momentum,
the truck or the car?
2) Which is greater, the
change in kinetic energy:
the truck or the car?

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