Delphi18
Nov 14, 2011, 06:48 PM
If a truck weighing 20000kg going 127m/s hits a 1000kg car going 54m/s what is the final total impact force, What angle will the car travel at? What velocity will the car be going after impact?
ebaines
Nov 15, 2011, 06:58 AM
Don't have enough information to do this. First - are these cars hitting head on? Or at an angle? Second, you can calculate the change in momentum of the cars, and hence the "pulse" they experience, from
F \Delta t = m \Delta v
But you can't calculate F without further information.