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A ll00ky car i haveling Homls to the night
ilking
pickop tuck initially af
Homlstothe nght
when it rear-ends a
rest. The ve hicles Tock together inelastically
and cen tince
ollisich
PCAR
Ptuck
aftu colloign
spuplao =
combined
What is the combihrd mass of the vehicles?
What is the mass of the pickup trwck?
truck?
Transcribed Image Text:A ll00ky car i haveling Homls to the night ilking pickop tuck initially af Homlstothe nght when it rear-ends a rest. The ve hicles Tock together inelastically and cen tince ollisich PCAR Ptuck aftu colloign spuplao = combined What is the combihrd mass of the vehicles? What is the mass of the pickup trwck? truck?
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Given data: 

Mass of car (mcar) = 1100 kg

Combined velocity (vcombined) = 9 m/s

After collision combined momentum

Pcombined  = 28600 kg.m/s

Required:

The combined mass and mass of pickup truck 

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