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Accident Analysis. Two cars collide at an intersection. Car A, with a mass of 2000 kg, is going from west to east, while car B, of mass 1500 kg, is going from north to south at 15 m/s. As a result, the two cars become enmeshed and move as one. As an expert witness, you inspect the scene and determine that, after the collision, the enmeshed cars moved at an angle of 65 south of east from the point of impact. (a) How fast were the enmeshed cars moving just after the collision? (b) How fast car A going just before the collision?

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(a) the speed of the enmeshed car moving just after the collision is 7.09 m/s .

(b) the speed of car A, just before the collision is 5.25 m/s .

Step by step solution

01

Given in the question.

Mass of car A is mA=2000kg.

Mass of car B ismB=1500kg

If the +x-axis be toward the east and +y-axis toward the north, then the component of velocities are given as-

vA1x=vA1vA1y=0vB1x=0vB1x=-15m/sv2x=v2cos65v2y=v2sin65

Here, role="math" localid="1665052882028" vA1xandvA1yare the x and y component respectively, of velocity of car A before the collision vA1; role="math" localid="1665052982472" vB1xandvB1y are the x and y component respectively, of velocity of car B before the collision vB1and v2xandv2yare the x and y component respectively, of the common velocity of both the cars v2after the collision.

02

law of conservation of momentum.

The law of conservation of momentum states that for an explosion of the stationary body, the sum of the momentum of all the parts of the body, after the explosion, should be zero.

03

calculation

By applying law of conservation of momentum.

mAvA1+mBvB1=(mA+mB)v2......(1)

For two-dimensional motion, we apply the law of conservation of momentum along the x and y-axis separately.

role="math" localid="1665053242157" mAvA1x+mBvB1x=(mA+mB)v2x......(2)mAvA1y+mBvB1y=(mA+mB)v2y......(3)

04

(a) The speed of enmeshed car moving just after collision.

Substituting the given values in equation (2)

(2000kg)(0m/s)+(1500kg)(-15m/s)=(2000kg)(-v2sin65)+(1500kg)(-v2sin65)v2=1500kg(-15m/s)-sin65(2000kg+1500kg)v2=7.09m/s

Hence, the speed of enmeshed car moving just after collision is 7.09 m/s.

05

(b) The speed of car A going just before collision.

Substitute the values in equation (3) gives;

(2000kg)vA1+(1500kg)(0)=(2000kg)((7.09m/s)cos65)+(1500kg)((7.09m/s)cos65)vA1=(2000kg)(7.09cos65)+(1500kg)(7.09cos65)2000kgvA1=5.25m/s

Hence, the speed of car A going just before collision is 5.25 m/s .

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