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Textbook Solutions for Physics: Principles with Applications

Chapter 6 Problem 47P

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Problem 47P

Two railroad cars, each of mass 7650 kg and traveling 95 km/h in opposite directions, collide head-on and come to rest. How much thermal energy is produced in this collision?

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We need to find out how much thermal energy is produced in the collision of two railroad cars each of mass  and traveling  in opposite directions.

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Title Physics: Principles with Applications 6 
Author Douglas C. Giancoli
ISBN 9780321569837

Two railroad cars, each of mass 7650 kg and traveling 95 km/h in opposite directions

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