Perfectly Inelastic Collision of Raindrops

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Perfectly Inelastic Collision of Raindrops#

Two raindrops in a cloud collide perfectly inelastically. The first raindrop has a mass of 0.81 g and is travelling with $\vec{v_{1}} =$ (-13.7 $\hat{ı}$ + 16.8 $\hat{ȷ}$ ) m/s. The second raindrop has a mass of 0.43 g and is travelling with $\vec{v_{2}} =$ (19.0 $\hat{ı}$ - 1.52 $\hat{ȷ}$ ) m/s.

Part 1#

What is the resulting velocity of the combined raindrop?

Answer Section#

-3.6 $\hat{ı}$ + 16.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s
-2.4 $\hat{ı}$ + 10.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s
-6.8 $\hat{ı}$ + 30.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s
-1.8 $\hat{ı}$ + 8.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s
-48.0 $\hat{ı}$ + 35.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s
-16.0 $\hat{ı}$ + 12.0 $\hat{ȷ}$ m/s

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