suppose that each vehicle is initially moving at 8.0 m/s and that they undergo a

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suppose that each vehicle is initially moving at 8.0 m/s and that they undergo a perfectly inelastic head-on collision. (In an inelastic collision, the two objects move together as one object after the collision.) Each driver has a mass of 90.0 kg. Including the drivers, the total vehicle masses are 890 kg for the car and 4090 kg for the truck. The collision time is 0.160 s. Choose coordinates such that the truck is initially moving in the positive x direction, and the car is initially moving in the negative x direction.

(a) what IMPULSE did the truck receive from the car during the collision?

(b) what IMPULSE did the car receive from the truck during the collision?

(c) what is the average force on the truck from the car during the collision?

(d) what is the average force on the car from the truck during the collision?

Explanation / Answer

4090 x 8 - 890 x 8 = (4090 + 890)v v = 5.14 m/s a) impulse on truck = m?v = 4090 x (5.14-8) = - 11695.10 kg.m/s b) impulse on car = m?v = 890 x (5.14 + 8) = 11695.10 kg.m/s c) impulse = F.?t - 11695.10 = F(0.160) F = - 73094.38 N d) F = 73094.38 N

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