A boxcar of mass 5.16x10^4 kg is rolling south at 2.33 m/s when it collides with,...
A boxcar of mass 5.16x10^4 kg is rolling south at 2.33 m/s when it collides with, and couples to, another boxcar of mass 5.11x10^4 kg which is initially at rest. After collision, what is the velocity of the coupled boxcars? Take north as positive and express your result to three significant digits.
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track with speed v1i = 4 m/s. It collides and couples to boxcar 2,
which is initially at rest. Together they move down the track at vf
= 2.8 m/s.
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2?
p 1i = 16000 kgm/s
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m2
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m/s. Boxcars 2 and 3 are initially at rest. The total momentum
before interaction is
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