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    Car Crash Problem: Was Driver Speeding?

    are you saying to use conservation of momentum? its inelastic so... mass(1) x velocity (1) + mass(2) x velocity(2) = (mass(1) + mass(2)) velocity (f) i don't understand what we use for the velocities...
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    Car Crash Problem: Was Driver Speeding?

    Homework Statement There are two cars and the situation is located at a crossroad. car 1 is traveling south and car 2 is traveling east. For some strange reason car 2 has slammed the brakes and stopped right in the middle of the intersection, causing car 1 to 't-bone' crash into car 2. the...
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