The cars are equipped with a coupling arrangement similar to

Last updated: 6/14/2023

The cars are equipped with a coupling arrangement similar to the one on railroad cars Car 1 overtakes car 2 and they have a totally inelastic collision and become coupled together You know hass of each car m 12 0 kg and m 41 0 kg In addition you are provided with the following graph which shows the momentum of car 1 before during and after the collision p kg m s 100 40 t s