Introduction To Health Physics
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ISBN: 9780071835275
Author: Johnson, Thomas E. (thomas Edward), Cember, Herman.
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Chapter 2, Problem 2.4P
An automobile weighing 2000 kg and going at a speed of 60 km/h collides with a truck weighing 5 metric tons that was moving perpendicular to the direction of the automobile at a speed of 4 km/h. If the two vehicles become joined in the collision, what is the magnitude and direction of their velocity relative to the automobile's original direction?
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