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    The document contains 3 physics problems involving collisions and kinetic friction: 1) A truck and car collide, and their combined wreckage moves with an unknown speed and direction. 2) An SUV rear-ends a car, and they stick together and travel 8.2m before stopping, requiring solving for the SUV's initial speed. 3) A sled is kicked and skids to a stop on ice, requiring using energy considerations to find the distance it travels before stopping.

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    The document contains 3 physics problems involving collisions and kinetic friction: 1) A truck and car collide, and their combined wreckage moves with an unknown speed and direction. 2) An SUV rear-ends a car, and they stick together and travel 8.2m before stopping, requiring solving for the SUV's initial speed. 3) A sled is kicked and skids to a stop on ice, requiring using energy considerations to find the distance it travels before stopping.

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    The document contains 3 physics problems involving collisions and kinetic friction: 1) A truck and car collide, and their combined wreckage moves with an unknown speed and direction. 2) An SUV rear-ends a car, and they stick together and travel 8.2m before stopping, requiring solving for the SUV's initial speed. 3) A sled is kicked and skids to a stop on ice, requiring using energy considerations to find the distance it travels before stopping.

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    Dynamics

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    Klucifer Xin
    The document contains 3 physics problems involving collisions and kinetic friction: 1) A truck and car collide, and their combined wreckage moves with an unknown speed and direction. 2) An SUV rear-ends a car, and they stick together and travel 8.2m before stopping, requiring solving for the SUV's initial speed. 3) A sled is kicked and skids to a stop on ice, requiring using energy considerations to find the distance it travels before stopping.

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    of 3

    1. A 7500-kg truck traveling at 5.

    0 m/s east collide with a 1500-kg car moving at 20 m/s in


    a direction 30o south of west. After the collision, the two vehicles remain tangled
    together. With what speed and in what direction does the wreckage begin to move?

    SOLUTION:

    m1V1 + m2V2 = (m1 + m2)V


    2. The driver of an SUV (m = 1700 kg) isn’t paying attention and rear ends a car (m = 950
    kg) on level ground at a red light. On impact, both drivers lock their brakes. The SUV
    and car stick together and travel a distance of 8.2 m before they come to a stop. How
    fast was the SUV traveling just before the collision? The coefficient of friction between
    the tires and the road is 0.72.

    SOLUTION:

    Pb = Pa

    Conservation of Momentum equation.

    KE2 + PE2 = KE3 + PE3 – Wnc

    Note: Wnc is work done by friction force

    From figure after collision

    KE2 + PE2 = KE3 + PE3 – Wnc

    0.5mTV22 + mTgh2 = 0.5mTV32 + mTgh3 – Ff (d) cos (180)

    0.5mTV22 + 0 = 0 + 0 – (μmtg)(d)(-1)

    0.5 V22 = - (0.72) (9.8) (8.2) (-1)

    V2 = 10.8 m/s

    From Point 2 of the figure

    At point 2, the car/SUV system has enough kinetic energy to travel 8.2 m with
    the brakes locked. This translates to a speed of 10.8 m/s at Point 2.

    P1 = P2

    msuvVsuv + mcarVcar = mTV2

    (1700) Vsuv + 0 = (2650) (10.8)

    Vsuv = 17 m/s
    3. A sled of mass m is given a kick on a frozen pond. The kick imparts to it an initial speed
    vi = 2.00 m/s. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the sled and the ice is μk =
    0.100. Utilizing energy considerations, find the distance the sled moves before it stops.

    D=?

    Ff

    SOLUTION:

    ΔKE + WNC = 0

    Note: Wnc is the work done by Frictional force at a certain distance where a sled stopped
    moving after it was kicked and skidded on ice.

    0.5mVf2 - 0.5mVi2 + Ff (d) = 0

    0.5mVi2 = (μkmg) (d)

    0.5Vi2 = (μkg) (d)

    (0.5) (2)2 = (1)(0.8)(d)

    d = 2.04 m.

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