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    Calculating Thermal Energy from a Head-On Collision

    I've got a question on thermal energy: Two railroad cars, each of mass 6500 kg and traveling 86 km/h, collide head-on and come to rest. How much thermal energy is produced in this collision? Converted 86 km/h to m/s = 2.389 m/s I assumed that KE converted all into thermal energy: KE =...
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    Calculating Force and Work of Man Pushing Piano

    Hi, this my first time asking a question, so here it goes: A 255 kg piano slides 4.6 m down a 30° incline and is kept from accelerating by a man who is pushing back on it parallel to the incline (Fig. 6-35). The effective coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.40. (a) Calculate the force...
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