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  • May 27, 2008, 06:29 PM
    crosby00
    Bug Collision
    If a bug is hovering in the air, v=0, and bangs into a car going 20 m/s. The collision is perfectly elastic, and the car continues without any change in velocity after the collision. What is the bug's speed?
  • May 27, 2008, 10:55 PM
    robkelly2242
    Car v decreases by an infinitesmal amount, bug speed ~ 40 m/sec. Momentum is conserved.

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