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A 1200 kg car is traveling south at 10 m/s, when it runs a red light...
A 1200 kg car is traveling south at 10 m/s, when it runs a red light and is T-boned by a 1600 kg car traveling east at 4 m/s.
a) The cars become stuck together during the accident. Give the magnitude and direction of the final velocity of the cars.
b) How much energy is lost during this collision?
c) What happens to this energy?
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