A 1000-Kg Car Traveling East at 20 M/s Collides with a 1500-Kg

question 27

Multiple Choice

A 1000-kg car traveling east at 20 m/s collides with a 1500-kg car traveling west at 10 m/s. The cars stick together after the collision. What is the common velocity of the cars after the collision?

• A)16 m/s, east
• B)6 m/s, west
• C)4 m/s, east
• D)2 m/s, east
• E)1 m/s, west

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