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What kinetic energy has a 1000 kg car traveling at 15 m/s?

User Dipen Gajjar
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Answer:

Step-by-step explanation:

In the absence of external forces

Δ

p

=

0

so

m

b

1

v

b

1

+

m

b

2

v

b

2

=

m

a

1

v

a

1

+

m

a

2

v

a

2

Here we have

m

b

1

=

1000

,

v

b

1

=

25

ˆ

i

m

b

2

=

2000

,

v

b

2

=

15

ˆ

j

m

a

1

=

1000

,

v

a

1

=

v

a

m

a

2

=

2000

,

v

a

2

=

v

a

so

1000

25

ˆ

i

+

2000

15

ˆ

j

=

(

1000

+

2000

)

v

a

so

v

a

=

(

25

3

ˆ

i

+

10

ˆ

j

)

with

v

a

=

5

61

3

=

13.02

v

a

=

arctan

(

10

/

(

25

3

)

)

=

50.2

Kinetic energy before

K

b

=

1

2

m

b

1

v

b

1

2

+

1

2

m

b

2

v

b

2

2

Kinetic energy after

1

2

(

m

b

1

+

m

b

2

)

v

a

2

so

Δ

K

=

K

a

K

b

=

283333

.

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