LLUSTRATE AND SOLVE: A 3200 kg car is moving eastward with a velocity of 90 km/h. An 8000 kg truck is moving westward and about to collide with the car. If the truck has a velocity of 50 km/h and slowed to 30 km/h after the collision, what is the velocity of the car after the collision? Assume elastic collision

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A 3200 kg car is moving eastward with a velocity of 90 km/h. An 8000 kg truck is moving westward and about to collide with the car. If the truck has a velocity of 50 km/h and slowed to 30 km/h after the collision, what is the velocity of the car after the collision? Assume elastic collision. 

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