Question

A car with a mass of 1.5 × 103 kilograms is traveling west at a velocity of 22 meters/second. It hits a stationary car with a mass of 9.0 × 102 kilograms. If the collision is inelastic, what is the final direction and approximate velocity of the two cars?

Answer 1

14 meters/second to the west

Step-by-step explanation:

That's the answer!

Answer 2

A. 14 meters/second to the west

Step-by-step explanation:

The collision is inelastic, which means that:

- only the total momentum is conserved (not the kinetic energy)