A small asteroid, moving in the positive x direction at 10,000 m/s, collides with a asteroid moving in the positive y direction at 20,000 m/s. The two stick together and form a single object.
What is the velocity, and angle of the pair after the collision?
using momentum conservation:
In the x axis:
(I)
In the y axis:
(II)
(II)/(I)
Plugging the angle in any of the equations:
solving for v
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