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If a 1500 kg car, moving at 4 m/s north, hits and sticks to a 2547 kg truck, moving at 7 m/s west, find the direction of the final speed.

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Chapter3: Energy And Conservation Laws

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Problem 3C: In a head-on, inelastic collision, a 4,000-kg truck going 10 m/s east strikes a 1,000-kg car going...

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