Scenario: There are two cars on a flat road. Car A is moving east towards Car B, which is at rest. Car A has a mass of 1,100 kg and is traveling at 13 m/s when it collides with a parked car B that has a mass of 1,250 kg. After the collision, car A is traveling 6.5 m/s in the same direction it started with while car B is traveling at 5.7 m/s. Instructions: Identify the parts of the system. Is the scenario an elastic or inelastic collision? Write an explanation of how you determined if the collision is elastic or inelastic using the law of conservation of energy. Calculate the kinetic energy of the system before and after collision. If the collision Is inelastic, discuss the possible energy transformations that could have taken place during the collision. Identify how much work, if any, leaves the system and in what form(s). Use a physics principle to justify your answer.
