Question

Juggles and Bangles are riding in two magical frictionless clown cars. Juggles and his car have a mass of m1=55kg and a velocity of v1i=10m/s headed east. Bangles and his car have a mass of m2=80kg and a velocity of v2i=12m/s headed south. The two cars stick together and lose no energy during the collision. A)Find magnitude of two car's final x velocity. B)Find magnitude of two car's final y velocity. C)find resultant velocity vector for clown cars.

Answer 1

So, momentum is conserved and the collision is inelastic(they stick together). Of course the first step in solving this problem is to draw a picture.