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An automobile has a mass of 900 kg (about a ton).It travels east at 25 m/s (just about 56 mph which is speeding, almost) when
An automobile has a mass of 900 kg (about a ton). It travels east at 25 m/s (just about 56 mph which is speeding, almost) when it hits a slippery stretch of highway. The driver loses control of the car, hits a rigidly fixed guard rail, and rebounds at 20 m/s moving at an angle of 36.9° N of E after the collision.
Find the final momentum.
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Applied Physics
Authors: Dale ewen, Neill schurter, P. erik gundersen
10th Edition
978-0136116332, 136116337, 9780132830096, 978-0132109277
