Car A with a mass of 1250kg is traveling at 30m/s to the east. Car B is a truck with a mass of 2000kg traveling to the west at 25m/s. Assume the two vehicles experience an inelastic collision but do not stick together and Car A goes off 10m/s to the west. What will be the resulting velocity of Car B?

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Car A with a mass of 1250kg is traveling at 30m/s to the east.  Car B is a truck with a mass of 2000kg traveling to the west at 25m/s.  Assume the two vehicles experience an inelastic collision but do not stick together and Car A goes off 10m/s to the west.  What will be the resulting velocity of Car B?

anonymous · Answer

This is a simple collision question. In an Inel collision, we know that E is not conserved, BUT momentum is. Do you know the equation you need to represent this?

anonymous · Answer

Since you may be away from your computer at this second, here is a nice little online explanation that i found... Check it out. http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/inelastic-collision.html

anonymous · Answer

Thank you!  your link helped.  I wasn't using the correct equation.

anonymous · Answer

Cindstress, I would highly recommend twuphysics.com .  She really helped me through the first physics.

anonymous · Answer

https://sites.google.com/site/twuphysicslessons/home/momentum