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You have been hired as an expert witness in a court caseinvolving an automobile accident. The accident involved a car ofmass 1870 kg (car A) which approached a stationary car of mass 1020kg (car B). The driver of car A applied his brakes 10 m before hecrashed into car B. After the collision, car A slid 17 m while carB slid 30 m. The coefficient of kinetic friction between the lockedwheels and the road was measured to be 0.60. Reconstruct theaccident by calculating all the relevant velocities.

a.The speed of car A just before the breaks were applied.

b.The speed of car A just before the collision.

c. The speed of car A just after the collision.

d.The speed of car B just after the collision.

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