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Posted by HELP ASAP on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 at 9:34pm.

Two railroad cars, each of mass 7600KG and traveling 85KM/H in opposite directions, collide head-on and come to rest. How much thermal energy is produced in this collision?

PHYSICS - TutorCat, Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 1:55am
thermal energy=kinetic energy=(1/2)(total mass of two railroad cars)(velocity in m/s)^2

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