QuestionA car with mass is traveling west through an intersection with a speed of when a truck of mass traveling south at fails to yield. The vehicles collide, they stick together, and they slide on the asphalt which has a coefficient of kinetic friction of . Associate the positive direction with east and the positive direction with north.
Part (a)
Using the symbols provided in the palette below as opposed to their numeric equivalents, enter an expression, in Cartesian unit-vector notation, for the velocity of the vehicles immediately after the collision, as they begin to slide as a composite object.
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Part (b)
How far, in meters, will the vehicles slide after the collision?
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Part (a):
Part (b): , where
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