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You are traveling north and make a 9090^\circ right -hand turn east on a flat road while driving a car that has a total weight of 3600 lb3600\ \mathrm{lb}. Before the turn, the car was traveling at 40 mi/h40\ \mathrm{mi/ h}, and after the turn is completed you have slowed to 30 mi/h30\ \mathrm{mi/ h}. If the turn took 4.25 s4.25\ \mathrm{s} to complete, determine the following : (a) the car 's change in kinetic energy, (b) the car 's change in momentum (including direction), and (c) the average net force exerted on the car during the turn (including direction) .

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Given:

  • Mass of the car: m=3600 lbm = 3600 \mathrm{~lb};
  • Velocity of the car to the north: v1=40 mi hy^v_1 = 40\mathrm{\frac{~mi}{~h}} \hat{y};
  • Velocity of the car to the east: v2=30 mi hx^v_2 = 30\mathrm{\frac{~mi}{~h}} \hat{x};
  • Time needed for the turn: t=4.25 st = 4.25 \mathrm{~s}

Required: a) The change in car's kinetic energy ΔK\Delta K; b) The change in car's momentum Δp\Delta \vec p; c) The average net force on the car during the turn Favg\vec F_{avg}:

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