Question: A 2 000-kg car moving at 20.0 m/s collides and locks together with a 1 500-kg car at rest at a stop sign. Show that

A 2 000-kg car moving at 20.0 m/s collides and locks together with a 1 500-kg car at rest at a stop sign. Show that momentum is conserved in a reference frame moving at 10.0 m/s in the direction of the moving car.

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In the rest frame P mv mv 2 000 kg200 ms 1 500 kg0 ms 40010 kgms P m mv 2 000 kg 1500 kgvf 400104 kgms 11429 ms Since P Pf of In the moving frame these velocities are all reduced by 100 ms v v 200 ms100 ms 100 ms v2i Viv 0 ms100 ms100 ms v11429 ms100 ms 1429 ms 2000 kg 1500 kg ... View full answer

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