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I have been thinking about the meaning of integrals and derivatives. For instance, the area of a sphere is 4 pi r^2. I can get that. The derivative of the area is 8 pi r or 4 times the circumference of the sphere. The derivative of this is just 8 pi. I can kind of understand that too. Then you...

Thanks for the help. I think I solved it: large car a= -130 m/s^2 small car a= 850 m/s^2 since the sign of the velocity switches.

Homework Statement Two automobiles of 540 and 1400 kg collide head-on while moving at 80km/h in opposite directions. After the collision the automobiles remain locked together. The front end of each automobile crumples by 0.60 m during the collision. Find the acceleration (relative to the...