Question

Students in question are in the back of a 3200 kg moving truck travelling east at 50 km/h. The students intend on ramming the truck with their 2000 kg vehicle to force it to a stop. As the moving truck moves through a nice open parking lot, they travel at 80 km/h directly southwest (50 degrees south of west) and collide with the moving truck. Both vehicles become stuck together and move off as one after the collision. Treat east as the positive x-direction here, and north as the positive y-direction.

a) Find the momentum of each vehicle before the collision

b) Find the magnitude and direction of the velocity of both vehicles after the collision

Answer 1