Two cars collide head on while each traveling at 50 km/h. Suppose all their kinetic energy is transformed into the thermal energy of the wrecks. what is the temperature increase of each car? you can assume that each car's specific heat is that of iron. Express answer in degrees Celsius

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Two cars collide head on while each traveling at 50 km/h. Suppose all their kinetic energy is transformed into the thermal energy of the wrecks.

what is the temperature increase of each car?

you can assume that each car's specific heat is that of iron. Express answer in degrees Celsius 

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