Reference no: EM132015682

A 1490 kg mid-size car traveling east at 15.2 m/s collides with a 2400 kg mid-size truck traveling north at 26.7 m/s.  Assume that upon collision the cars lock together in such a way as to prevent them from separating or rotating significantly. Calculate the distance that the locked cars will skid after the collision assuming that the wheels stop turning after impact and that there is a coefficient of kinetic friction of 0.762 between the sliding rubber tires and the road surfaces.