A 1000 kg car moving at 3 ms runs into a 10 kg shopping cart at rest. The shopping cart gets wedged under the car and they stick together. What is their new velocity after the collision?

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abidemiokin abidemiokin · Answer 1 · 2022-04-08T10:34:01+02:00

Their new velocity after the collision is 2.97m/s

According to the law of momentum, the sum of momentum of bodies before the collision is equal to their sum after the collision.

The formula for calculating the momentum of a body is expressed as:
Momentum = mass * velocity

According to the law

m1u1 + m2u2 = (m1 + m2)v

v is the new velocity after the collision

Substitute the given values

1000(3) + 10(0) = (1000+10)v

3000 = 1010v

v = 3000/1010

v = 2.97m/s

Hence their new velocity after the collision is 2.97m/s

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