PhysicsLAB: 2002 C1

A crash test car of mass 1,000 kg moving at constant speed of 12 m/s collides completely inelastically with an object of mass M at time t = 0. The object was initially at rest. The speed v in m/s of the car-object system after the collision is given as a function of time t in seconds by the expression

	Calculate the mass M of the object.

	Assuming an initial position of x = 0, determine an expression for the position of the car object system after the collision as a function of time t.

	Determine an expression for the resisting force on the car object system after the collision as a function of time t.

	Determine the impulse delivered to the car object system from t = 0 to t = 2.0 s.

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