Realizing that he could not drive up a 35.0°, ice-covered hill because there was no friction, Rick Shun had stopped his car, of total mass 4.00 x 102 kg, at the bottom. He was struck in the rear by another car, of total mass 2.00 x 103 kg, travelling at 20.0 m/s. The two vehicles stuck together, with nothing breaking loose, and slid up the hill in a straight line. How far up the slope did the wreckage get before coming to rest?

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  1. Realizing that he could not drive up a 35.0°, ice-covered hill because there was no friction, Rick Shun had stopped his car, of total mass 4.00 x 102 kg, at the bottom. He was struck in the rear by another car, of total mass 2.00 x 103 kg, travelling at 20.0 m/s. The two vehicles stuck together, with nothing breaking loose, and slid up the hill in a straight line. How far up the slope did the wreckage get before coming to rest?
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