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A truck with a mass of 3,000 ke traveling with a speed of 5 m/s collides at right angles with acar with a mass of 2,000 kg traveling with a speed of 3 m/s.(a) Using the graphical method of vector addition, add the momentum vectors to get the totalmomentum of the system prior to the collision.Hint: Use a ruler to estimate the total momentum from your drawing.Or better yet, use the pythagorean theorem!

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